Chapter 796 – First Sortie
Surprisingly, several psychics seem to have succeeded in escaping from Seongil’s demonic beast(?). However, in the end, they were caught by Seongil’s clones and lichs that were already stationed at every corner of the street and were sucked into the portal.
“Good. I pretty much took care of everything.”
Seong-il, who succeeded in capturing all the refugees who settled underground on the outskirts of Seoul and filling up their grounds with rocks, looks around with a satisfied expression and praises himself.
『Seeker. Team D dungeon cleared. I will return to Eden immediately.』
‘Oh… It’s fast…?’
Perhaps because each team member has quite a bit of experience clearing dungeons and has a 3rd or 4th year student who will become a B-level hunter after graduation as the team leader, the new hunters surprisingly seem to be clearing the dungeon very quickly.
Although nanomachines, telekinesis, magic imprinting, and martial arts are of course. The help of artifacts such as various potions painstakingly created by alchemists also had a big impact, but looking at the results alone, Seong-il views the current situation as very positive because he cleared the dungeon faster than most A-grade hunter teams.
‘Eight A-grade dungeons. Twenty-seven B-grade dungeons…’
Seong-il feels thrilled after seeing the clear signal achieved quickly. Of course, you can clear a dungeon like that on your own. The problem is that no matter how strong he is, there is a limit to the radius in which he can act with his own strength, so Seong-il couldn’t help but be impressed by what the Eden Hunters are currently showing.
‘Even though it was late, there was no team that couldn’t clear it. It’s amazing…’
Before we know it, the last team has escaped the dungeon and sent an emergency return message to Seong-il. Satisfied with the signal, Seong-il quickly comes to his senses and begins to destroy the subway at random.
“Today…!! We have finally taken the great first step!!”
Wow!!!
With the dungeon core donated by the hunters floating in the air, Seongil ascends to the podium located in the academy square and gives a roaring speech to the students. And the students cheered along with that shout.
Although the beginning of the meeting was the worst, as time passed, the terrible truth of humanity and the vision to destroy it that the seeker and the goddess showed had a huge impact and gained respect from the students. Students who respect such a holy day appear to respond passionately upon hearing his speech.
“We will take a break for the next month! Each hunter must videotape today’s experiences with nanomachines and submit them to the Eden Association!”
Seongil wanted to create a device that could provide virtual experiences using the Gaia system after converting the actual experiences of each hunter into data. He was confident that if the audiovisual system was built well, it would not only provide tremendous help to inexperienced hunters, but also dramatically increase survivability.
“Seeker. Isn’t a month of rest too long?”
At that time, Seong-il encouraged the students and was about to give them a sweet vacation. One student, whose blood seemed to be boiling, asked Seongil in a slightly excited voice to quickly perform repairs and then sortie again.
It was an act that he could not have dared to imagine under normal circumstances, but Seong-il knew that he was intoxicated with victory and that he did not make such a suggestion with bad intentions, so he scolded him in a soft voice.
“It’s okay. Didn’t I tell you? Although our power is weak, we have absolute power given to us by the goddess!”
Seong-il explains again to the student that Eden has the powerful power to stop time in reality and argues for the necessity of rest. In addition, we extract the experiences by the hunter team, which consists mainly of 3rd and 4th grade students, and comfort him on the basis that it is an important task to help 1st and 2nd graders with their training.
“Also, rest is important. Don’t forget it! Although the ‘Red Thread’ defense system is perfect in theory, there may be side effects that we are not aware of.”
“Ah…”
Even after Seong-il’s words, the student looks slightly disappointed, perhaps because his blood is still boiling. However, since there was nothing wrong with what Seongil said, he soon nodded with an expression of understanding.
“And I’m not saying just rest. Of course, you have to train consistently at the academy. And…”
This time, Seong-il explains to the hunters that he has been ‘rescuing’ about a thousand underground refugees living miserably underground. In addition, Holy Day is what kind of place Eden is to them. He also says he would like help explaining why we had to force them to come.
“If you, who were students at Korean universities not long ago, can persuade the refugees, they will be able to quickly assimilate into our Eden. Then, our power will become even stronger.”
“… Please leave it to me!!”
Unlike other students who have not yet taken refuge, at least the academy students gathered in this plaza are close to students who regard the sublimity of human salvation as their destiny, so when they hear Seong-il’s request for help, they are confident, pounding their chests as if telling them to trust only themselves. . Seong-il looks at the students like that and moves on to check on the refugees he has ‘rescued’.
“Are you really going to live here from now on?”
The refugees settled in the outskirts of Eden because most of them were incompetent. However, because it was on the outskirts, there was no shortage of supplies or lower quality of entertainment facilities and buildings compared to the central area, so the refugees seemed surprised by all the amenities that Eden provided.
‘You’re persuaded really quickly.’
At first, Seong-il was worried about persuading the Eden refugees. However, surprisingly, thanks to the generous help of Korean university students, Seong-il was able to quickly persuade the refugees he had ‘rescued’ in just a few days.
‘At first, I was met with all kinds of distrustful looks.’
The refugees did not come here in a good way, and were seriously wary of the elements of Eden that eventually came thanks to the scary-looking G.E.C. Rs that surrounded them after being transported to another dimension.
Even after seeing the truth that Seong-il showed in the beginning, they did not show any signs of believing it. They just thought that a powerful psychic had conspired to brainwash them.
‘I thought it would be difficult to persuade them because they are truly rebellious, but I am glad.’
That’s right, the underground refugees are influenced by the world, the government, the Hunter Association, etc. Seong-il thought that it would not be easy to persuade them mentally because they were people with strong anarchist tendencies who went into hiding underground without accurate evidence just because they sensed something ‘strange’.
However, although they were initially herded into a specific camp in Eden, they were provided with all the necessities they needed there. Little by little, they began to open their minds to the sight of health checkups and rehabilitation treatments being carried out.
Meanwhile, hunters from Korean universities came by day after day to persuade them, and they eventually let go of their guard and began to listen to Eden’s words. Eventually, after 15 days, the refugees began to join Eden society little by little. Although some of the group still showed lingering doubts, they eventually had no choice but to give in to Eden’s persuasion as Eden provided them with everything they needed in life, even if they only did the smallest of pastimes.
“You promised. From now on, if you just spend 6 hours a day doing things like growing herbs for the ‘alchemy’ factory or cleaning the environment, all these benefits will truly be yours.”
“…”
The conditions that Seong-il presented to the refugees, whose lives were like war due to the daily hardships, were extremely unconventional. Because of this, they still had a hard time realizing the miracle they had achieved overnight.
‘Well… If you live with that for a while, you will eventually find out if what I say is true.’
Such doubts and confusion can be resolved if only time is given, so Seong-il stops trying to persuade them. Instead, he checks the list of people with psychic abilities that G.E.C.R. Has identified while observing the refugees.
‘The level is low, but surprisingly, there is quite a group of psychics, right? There are as many as sixty people… There are quite a few young people with psychic abilities worth nurturing.’
It may take time, but if you raise him well, you can raise him into a hunter who can fulfill his role, so Seong-il decides to have his agents calmly persuade him soon.
‘In this confusing time, recommending appointment will only arouse suspicion. After a month or two, when you get used to life in Eden, I will recommend you to join Eden Academy.’
After sorting out the urgent situation, Seong-il begins to wander around Eden and take a quick look at the students taking a sweet break.
‘You’re playing well…’
Students sitting in a pub built for students. They were celebrating their victory by eating and drinking to their heart’s content using the public points they had gained this time. Seeing the sight of such young hunters, Seong-il smiles softly without realizing it and watches the scene.
