Chapter 148 – Defense of Jeju Island (7)

“Yes, I hear you.”

He approached the conch shell placed on the reception desk inside the association and answered.
The performance of the conch shell was excellent.
That’s why the urgency of the branch manager came through even more intensely.

-Student Siwoo Kim…! Where are the other Hunters?

“The power association was on standby.”

A sigh is heard over the conch shell.
Even though the branch manager seemed relieved, we were not relieved.

-I found an encroaching gate on the likelihood side.

“Also…”

Although everyone expected it, the reaction was not so good.
Someone held their breath, twitched their eyebrows, and frowned.

– In Udo-myeon, I found one Mine, and after a battle with him, I’m on the run…! Kut…!”

“What happened!”

One of the hunters came to the conch shell and shouted at the sound of swallowing the breath of the branch manager.

-There is no time. Everyone, listen carefully.

It was a calm voice.
However, everyone here could notice that it was made up.

– Survive. You must survive until the barrier is lifted from the outside. And if you run into this demon, be sure to run away. Please follow me

The conch cut off at the last word.
The sound of the wind and the sound of something collapsing disappeared and silence fell.
After everyone’s eyes were focused on one place, there was me holding a conch shell.

Of course, among these hunters, I killed the most Mine.
A major that I raised with my skills, not with scabbing.
They wanted a solution to this situation from me.

He maintained his composure based on his absolute mentality and mental strength stats.
What should I say?

The skill cooled my head, and I felt a sense of being in a calm state.

“It looks like the branch manager has been hit.”

It is an obvious fact.
Most of the Hunters remained silent as if they agreed with me, but a few Hunters were different.
Perhaps they were friends with the branch manager, but they glared at me with a dissatisfied expression, but didn’t say anything.

“You told me to survive. Let’s do our last mission.”

“Aren’t you going to support? He may still be alive.”

Hair half-naked.
A man with a fierce look approached me.

“This is true, but… It wouldn’t mean much if we went. Does anyone know what the branch manager’s Hunter rank is?”

“A grade.”

“Then, are there any hunters of B rank or higher here?”

No one answered this time.
You will understand what I mean.
The branch manager, a class A hunter, was killed, but even if we went, it would be a mass death.

But this is the reality.
Jeju Island is a tourist area.
Naturally, the number of glass worlds was much lower than in other regions by closing the glass world where the glass world was created.

“But…”

The man with a fierce expression muttered.
You seem to want to refute my words, but you can’t seem to find anything to say.
You can’t go there by yourself.
But you can’t ask other hunters to join you.

“I will go alone.”

“That…”

“It’s okay. I am not a true hunter either.”

It was very convenient that there were two identities in total.
If you need trust, you can call him a garden student, or a hunter if you don’t want to be treated as a student.
Even though I’m an adult in the first place.

And because he was in such an urgent situation, he couldn’t even hear a proper explanation.
I needed to figure out the situation.
Stealth, Invisibility, Teleport. I am fully prepared to escape in case of emergency.

“… Please.”

“Yes. Survive.”

Without wasting any more time, I left them behind and got out of the association.
Yuri followed me.

“Shall I go with you too?”

The big question was what to do with the glass.
With her current unresolved suspicions about her, she couldn’t predict what would happen if she sent her to her hotel alone.

“No. Stay with the other Hunters in the Hunter Association.”

She’ll definitely help if she’s there, but her teleport ability doubles her mana consumption as the number of people increases.
It was comfortable to move alone in the current situation where I would use my teleport ability frequently.
Also, she doesn’t even have her stealth or invisibility skills.

“Okay.”

After Yuri left, I counted the number of mana potions she had in her dimensional pocket.

A total of 18 upper and middle mana potions.
A total of 8 Intermediate Mana Potions.

It was the moment when he confirmed that the number was sufficient and was about to head to the meeting place with the branch manager.
From the middle of the sky, which had been dyed red, the space began to break.
It wasn’t a shimmering blue like the glass world.
It is darkness that seems to absorb all light.

∴

It didn’t take long to realize that it was a devil’s ability.
I felt the oppression of a huge demonic energy that was pressing down on my body.

“It’s ruined.”

After Yuri, who was about to open the door of the Hunter Association and looked up at the sky, she let out a deep impression.
There was only a difference in the seriousness she felt in this situation, and I thought the same as her.

I guessed the reason why the demons died all at once.
They were used as sacrifices to open that portal.
Like a portable battery with magic power.

A few people near the entrance of the Hunter Association looked up at the sky.

“Haa… Go back to the hotel right away.”

I felt sorry for the branch manager, but unfortunately, my body is one.
After sending Yuri to the hotel, I immediately got on the motorcycle and went to the place where I broke up with him, then headed to her contact point.

There was also no sign of him.

‘Thank you for your effort.’

It is not certain whether he is alive or dead, but it would be a wise decision to assume that he is dead at this point.
After wishing him a brief rest, he immediately returned to the hotel using a teleport.

After replenishing the mana that ran out in an instant with a potion, I immediately returned to the front of Ayeong’s room.

“Hi?”

In front of him, he saw Yuri leaning against the wall.

“Okay.”

I don’t know why I’m here, but I immediately opened the door and entered.
There, as usual, Ayoung, Laysha, and Chloe were lying on the bed.

“What about Ayoung?”

Normally, I would have asked them how they were doing, but I couldn’t afford to do that now.

“You are still…”

It was as if he hadn’t woken up yet.

The mind becomes restless.
She was slowly starting to catch on.
The demons are targeting Ah-young.

Her spiritism and the relationship between spirits and demons.
If she were originally spirits, demons, she would have easily noticed Ah-young’s spiritism talent.

I tried to enter the dream again, but I had already been forcibly kicked out of the dream once.
And I was in a state where I didn’t know what effect I would have on Ah-yeong if I entered the dream.

“Siwu… Please look outside…”

Chloe looked out the window and turned her head.
Her eyelashes quivered over her wide open eyes.

She checked out the window.

“Crazy…”

From the dark portal, black demonic energy poured out like a waterfall and began to gather into one point.

And it was slowly changing into something.

“Devil…”

A demon was being summoned.

∴

“Are you still there?”

Said the spirit.
There was a lot of nervousness in his voice, which was always emotionless.

“It is still.”

Riel answered while looking at her barrier without even looking away from her.
What kind of barrier is this?

It was the magic that made up the barrier.
Of course, it was not an easy task for her as it was different from Mana.
Also, the ‘path’ of the Magi that made up this barrier was too complicated.

Unlike general barriers made up of ordinary ‘faces’, this magic barrier was composed of a huge number of ‘lines’.

The mana spread by Riel, who had now attained the level of 20 years, moved along the lines of the magic that formed the barrier.

It was four days ago that I came to the conclusion that it could not be unlocked by the usual method.
So, the method I found was to find and destroy the barrier’s vulnerability.

Due to the nature of this barrier, where demonic lines are complicatedly entangled, its durability is different from normal durability.
However, to think differently, the part where the line was less twisted was relatively lacking in durability.

The 500 hunters and technicians with magic-related abilities hired by Young-shik were also doing their best to disarm the barrier.

“Sorry.”

Young-shik turned around and approached A-young’s father, Kang-jin.

“…”

However, Kang Jin had no choice but to remain silent at his apology.

I wanted to resent him.
It was the same with his daughter, Seo Ga-young, and her friend, Kayden Leopold.

But she couldn’t blame him.
A thorough preliminary investigation was conducted to see if there were any unsavory things happening in Jeju Island.
That’s all.
The hunters he hired to protect the students were the ones who researched and hired their personal information and blood ties up to the 5th degree.

Seeing the evidence, they couldn’t possibly blame him. It was proven not his fault.

This was a “Disaster,” Not an “Accident.”

It was like being struck by lightning while walking down the street.

“I will not ask for forgiveness. However, I will take all responsibility and step down as principal.”

Hearing his words, Kang Jin widened his eyes and looked at Young Shik.
Childhood. It was Yeong-sik who helped Kang-jin, who was having a hard time rising from B-class to A-class hunter.
Not only that, when he had his daughters, he was more happy than anyone else and taught himself a lot as a senior in his life.

They are close enough to be like stepbrothers.

Because he was such a person, he knew that Young-sik had poured his all into making the garden he is today.

“… That’s it. Shouldn’t we hurry and rescue the children? It would be better to think about that later.”

Although he was resentful, Kang Jin knew that those feelings were just a means to express his anger.

“Found!”

While staring at the barrier in the form of a huge dome in silence for a moment, Riel shouted.
Maybe it was because she was relieved to think that she could finally save Si-woo.
A feeling of strength in his legs gave way, and his neck naturally tightened.

“…! Where are you.”

“Here it is.”

Riel recalled her mana and she created a rectangle about 2 square meters.

“This is the barrier’s weakness. There are fewer solid lines of demonic energy overlapping than other barriers.”

“All right.”

A total of 4 S-class hunters gathered and stood.
Jang Young-sik, Seo Kang-jin, Seo Ga-young, and Kayden.

They each drew their own weapon.

A tremendous amount of aura flowed from Jang Yeong-sik’s shield and wrapped around everyone in this place.

Seo Kang-jin hung a total of three arrows on the bowstring and pulled them at once, then she applied an aura to each arrow.

Seo Ga-young pulled out her sword and a sword about 10M in size floated above her head.

Kayden swung his sword into the air.
After a total of 21 roses bloomed, they were blown away by the wind and divided into petals.

Seo Ga-young and Kayden swung their swords at the barrier that Riel had pointed out.

Wow!

When the 10M sword made of aura collided with the barrier, a huge shockwave exploded, and the barrier was dug to about 1M.
In terms of destructive power, Seo Ga-young was the best.

Kayden swung his sword with precision, and his sword slashed the nick once more.
As the rose leaves he blossomed penetrated through the cracks in the barrier, Kang-jin let go of the bowstring he had drawn.

An arrow that hit a rose leaf that Kayden had placed between the scratches caused an explosion, causing other rose leaves to explode in succession.

Shockwaves more powerful than when Gayoung’s aura and barrier collided exploded in all directions.

It wasn’t a level of shockwave that the hunters and technicians who were disarming the barrier could withstand, but they didn’t have to step back.

The spirit-conscious aura surrounding them protected them from the shock wave.

Kwajik.

The sound of something breaking echoed.

“Done…!”

Gayoung shouted in a happy voice.

The part of the barrier that had been bombarded with concentrated attacks began to break.