Chapter 509 – Reunion #2

Darkness and demonic air spread over Greenland like thick fog.
Hiding inside, I watched Saehwa and Sylvia arrive via the portal.

Flash-!

Pushing away some of the darkness, the two appeared from the portal near the explorer and drank in the thick mage.
The two smiled pleasantly as if they had returned to their hometown after a long time.

Pajik-!

He raised his magical energy and destroyed the portal including the explorer.
Afterwards, we looked at each other without saying a word and nodded, then headed to the far away surrounding village.
I followed them hiding in the dark.

Why ae ae ae-!

Darkness prevailed in the village, like around the explorer.
There was no sign of presence at all, and only the sound of sirens that sensed Evelyn energy was ringing around.
It was like a post-apocalyptic atmosphere. There seems to be no dreams or hopes.

Landing in the middle of the village where development was slow, the two looked around and moved to a house.
I can feel two weak energies, but I must have sensed them.

Kwajik-!

The two forcibly break down the front door and enter.
When they saw two women lying in the house,

“B, Bis… Save me… Save me…”

When a woman who couldn’t evacuate called for her help, she smiled gently and squatted by her bedside.
Then he grabbed the weak woman by the chin, looked around, and nodded her head in satisfaction.

“It’s fine.”

“Huh. Are you okay. Shall we send it?”

“I’d rather do that.”

Were the two of them curious as they were having an unknown conversation?
Even in the midst of suffering from Magi, doubts appeared in the woman’s eyes.
Sehwa, who stroked her hair as if it were okay, said in a benevolent tone.

“I’ll get you right away.”

The moment the woman’s complexion suddenly brightened,

Wow-!

A small monster’s mouth appeared from behind her, opening her mouth, swallowing both the woman who had just asked Sehwa for help and the woman who had fallen down at the same time, and disappeared.

Sae-hwa, who had sent the women away, got up from her seat and dusted off her gloves with a bad expression.
It seemed to have a human body odor and felt unclean.

“For now, there doesn’t seem to be any more around. Shall we go somewhere else?”

Sylvia asked as if she was exploring her surroundings with her eyes closed.
Sehwa shook her head after shaking off the human energy buried in her white gloves, even raising her demons.

“No. The fakes are coming soon, so be prepared to face them. Jihyeok’s energy scattered around will hide the demonic energy, but it won’t be safe, so reduce her power as much as possible.”

“Okay.”

Sylvia calms her spirits quietly at Sehwa’s command.
While the two put the demonic energy in their bodies to rest,

Flash-!

From the sky outside the window of the house, two hopeful white lights darted toward them.
It was Yoo Seung-hyun and Rachel who decided to mobilize from the headquarters.

The brilliance that came at great speed began to wander around the house where Saehwa and Sylvia were, and Saehwa, who watched it, snorted and opened the window.
Then she flew into the air with Sylvia and approached the radiance.

I carefully followed the two of them.
Looking at the situation, it seemed that Yoo Seung-hyun and Rachel were not aware of my energy.
Because of the demons around them, and Sehwa and Sylvia, who are known to have demons in their bodies due to ‘that monster’.

But you can’t be careless.
For now, it would be better to watch the meeting of the four people from a distance.

Whoops…

Leaving my body in the irregularly flowing demonic air, I stood at a certain distance from the four heroes standing tall in the air.

“Hello! This is Special Operations Command Agent Rachel…!”

Rachel greets Saehwa and Sylvia with a voice full of excitement.
The tension must have risen as they faced the first heroes they longed to see.
Even though he’s a hero, he’s lively like a young man.

“Hello. This is Caroline. Please forgive me for not being able to tell you her real name.”

“Of course…! I fully understand the position of headquarters. Wait a minute… Looks like the communicator is broken…”

“The same goes for our communicator.”

“Oh yeah? Explorers and portals in Greenland also had errors… Could it be because of the Magi filling the area? Or… Is that monster out of order?”

“I cannot rule out any possibility. Anyway, very nice to see you.”

“Neither do I.”

“By the way, as the command said, the two of you… I feel a bit of a monster-like aura. Oh, sorry if you felt offended.”

“No. It’s a situation where you have to say thank you for understanding.”

Unlike Rachel and Sylvia, who had a smile on their faces, Sehwa was staring at the man next to Rachel with a calm expression.

The man wearing handguns, who covered his entire body except for the top of his neck in a white suit that looked very defensive, was different from the man I knew.
He had a tough-looking face that couldn’t even be compared to before.
So was the body.

‘It’s quite the way.’

Looks like you trained hard.
To present a regal side to her ex-girlfriend and childhood friend with whom she has been with her all her life.

“…”

“…”

Yoo Seung-hyun, who was watching Sehwa’s eyes with longing eyes, opened her mouth when Rachel, who was excited, sensed the situation and made a puzzled expression.

“Long time no see.”

“Huh. It’s been a while, Seunghyun.”

Sehwa’s voice was full of affection.
A childhood friend I met after a long time seems to be happy.
He must have been excited to see Yoo Seung-hyun, who will soon die.

“What… Do you two know each other?”

In response to Rachel’s question as she listened to the conversation between the two, Yoo Seung-hyun nodded with a bitter smile.

“That’s right. I know you well both in public and in private.”

“Wh-what…?”

“I understand your confusion, but I want to ask you to keep this a secret. Command doesn’t know the relationship between me and Leona.”

You skillfully call Sehwa’s pseudonym.
In the past, I mentioned that Sehwa was Leona in front of humans and was slapped on the cheek… But it has improved a lot.

“Ah, that… I’ll keep it a secret for now… But later…”

“Of course I’ll explain everything later. Even if I go back today.”

“Yeah, yeah…”

Yoo Seung-hyun, who smiled brightly at Rachel, who had a bewildered face, looked back at Se-hwa and asked.

“How’s the monster? Hasn’t it appeared yet?”

“Yeah, not yet. I can’t even see the nose.”

“Is it okay to get hit by a monster?”

“I am recovering. Can you feel the energy in my body?”

“Not very well, roughly. It doesn’t seem to heal well.”

“When I first got hit by that monster, it was much worse than now.”

“… That worries me.”

“It was a text message, but it feels good to actually hear it? Have you grown a lot?”

In response to Sehwa’s praise, Yoo Seung-hyun smiled with his characteristic naive smile.
He still likes to be a jerk.
I don’t even know if I’m hiding around.

‘Hmm…’

Even though they tried to get closer, Yoo Seung-hyun and Rachel couldn’t grasp my presence.
Exploration is enough. At this point, the thrilling reunion between the two is about to start reaching out to Rachel.
Having judged that, I secretly moved behind Rachel,

“Um… My head is so confused right now I have no idea what the situation is…? So, I’m sorry, but for now, how about we talk about work…?”

While Rachel spoke through the awkward atmosphere around Sehwa and Yoo Seung-hyun, she killed her presence as much as possible and occupied her back.
And then, Rachel, who seems to have sensed her demonic energy that came close to her, took advantage of her flinching,

Anger-!

Her demonic energy exploded at once, and she appeared while wrapping Rachel’s neck with one of her arms.

“Kuh!?”

Rachel’s troubled exclamation left her breathless.
The moment she uttered it,

Wedge-!

Sylvia threw her dagger from her own belt at her head.
It felt like a heartfelt attack, but it was a pre-scripted script.

Slow-!

I easily avoided her attack by tilting my head, and pulled Rachel, who was engulfed in demonic energy and unable to control her strength for a moment, pulling her back and widening the distance from Yoo Seung-hyun.
Afterwards, with my cheek attached to Rachel’s, she raised one corner of her mouth while staring at Yoo Seung-hyun and the others.

“Nice to meet you.”

“What is this…!”

Yoo Seung-hyun, frowning at the unmatched greeting, took a stance and rushed.
With an expression that shows his concern for Rachel, he attacks with tremendous speed.
Inwardly admiring his momentum, I quickly placed one hand on Rachel’s belly,

Self…

I raised the demonic energy to its maximum and blew it into it.
A black aura seeped into the white suit.

“What a shame…!?”

Perhaps feeling the pain and the unknown exhilarating sensation, Rachel let out a short moan.
Then, the power in her body, which had been resisting, was released.
A large amount of magi poured inside, and Aither seemed to cut off some of her power to Rachel while fighting them.

Enough of this introduction.
Command will be in trouble once again.
Thinking so, I pushed Rachel in the direction where Yoo Seung-hyun was charging.
Then, seeing Yoo Seung-hyun forced to slow down to support his teammate,

Wow-!

I opened the portal and left the place.