Chapter 299 – James Carter (1)

As a result of moving faster than Hajin without rest, Kim Hyun-jun and Paul succeeded in finding a path made of torches in two days.
In fact, it’s not like I found it, but it was connected to one place in any direction, so it came out after moving more than a certain distance…
Anyway, the monsters appeared at the same time as the path made of torches appeared.

“Great..!!!”
“Aaaaagh!!!”

Contrary to what Ha-jin said was hell, Kim Hyun-joon and Paul were hunting the monsters that popped out of the darkness very easily.
Of course, the first few days were quite difficult.
Although the torches were hung on both sides, they did not completely illuminate the surroundings, and it took some time to get used to because the monsters were so clever and sneaky.
However, after he finished adapting, he dealt with the monsters fairly easily.

Shaaaaa!!!
Phew- Chow!!!

Two monsters falling down with claws and knives splitting their throats.
And Kim Hyeon-jun and Paul looking down at the wolf-shaped monster under the torch without saying anything.

“… “
“… “

After looking down at the dead monster for a while, the two gulped and glanced at each other.
And again, the gaze turned to the monster.
The two seemed to be hesitating about something, and that was…

Rumbling!!!
Rumbling!!!

It was hunger.
The belly button clock, which was crying so loudly that it made my stomach tremble, was screaming to have the wolf roasted on a torch right away, just like Ha-jin had done, but the two couldn’t take any action.
In Ha-jin’s case, she ate monsters because she was a little more hungry than they were, and she didn’t know whether to go back or not.
They know they can go back, so they don’t want to eat monster meat.
But…

Growl!!!
Growl!!!

“Everything, eating only one leg… I think it will be fine…”
“Meat anyway… Are you…”

Kim Hyun-joon agreed with Paul, who made the proposal first.
And after a while, in front of them was a heap of horribly torn hides and perfectly boned bones.

Chow!! Jjong!!
Side!! Jjuap!!

“Oh, it’s delicious!”
“Phehehehehehehehehehehehehe..!!”

Contrary to the words that they would eat only one leg, the two people who were laughing happily were holding up each long rib like a piece of candy and sucking it like mad, looking around their heads at the taste that was better than expected, looking for the next meal.
A monster appears in their eyes.
It was a monster that boasted twice the size of the wolf monster, but it was simply food for Kim Hyun-jun and Paul.

“Kreur..!!”
“Wild boar..!!”

Kim Hyeon-jun, who had already turned into a dog, and Paul, holding a rib in his left hand and a knife in his right hand, ran toward the wild boar-shaped monster that hesitated and backed away from approaching.

“Kwueeeeek!!!!”

***

It was already May in Melbourne, a little over a month after Kim Hyun-joon disappeared, and unlike Korea, which would have been a warm spring day, the temperature in Melbourne was getting lower and lower.
Of course, even if it went down, it was at the level of spring weather in Korea.

“Um… Brother… “

Yu Na-yeon, who wriggled on the super king-size bed and groped for a warm hug, opened her eyes in an instant.
Then, blinking very quickly, he lifted her hand, which had been fumbling across the bed, and slammed it hard against her cheek.

Match!!

“Ah..!! It hurts… Hee… “

Nayeon, who out of the blue slapped her own cheek as soon as she opened her eyes, looked around her to see if anyone was there, then she slowly raised her body, making sure she was perfectly clear that no one was there, then her relief. He let out a sigh and took hold of her heart.

“Don’t keep looking for that person! You seem to like me! Wake up, Yuna-yeon!”

Reprimanding herself for unconsciously wriggling around her body in search of Hajin’s arms in her sleep, Nayeon straightened her disheveled clothes and got out of her bed.

“Joe, good morning…”
“Are you awake, sister?”
“Did you sleep late today?”
“Heh heh… But what about the other sisters and that person..?”

As soon as she came out to the living room, she pretended to be looking for the others and saw Nayeon looking for her Hajin, Lia slightly frowned at her and rolled her eyes.

“Is your sister still that person?”
“That, then she isn’t him, what is she..!”
“Tooth… If you’re going to call it that, don’t dig into her arms while you sleep. Every day, her sister occupies and sleeps next to her brother.”
“Oh, isn’t it?! It’s just my sleeping habit! Sleeping hugging something!”
“Oh yeah? Is that why you always climb on top of me and sleep hugging your brother?”
“Yesterday I also pushed Juha away. Without turn or order.”
“… “

As Lia and Camilla spoke one word at a time, Nayeon pursed her lips, looked around her once again, and opened her mouth.

“So where did that person go…? Did you go play with her older sisters again..?”
“Diana unnie and Juha unnie went shopping, Minseo unnie went home with Hyojung to pack things, and oppa just didn’t see her from dawn. She said she saw Hyo-jeong go out, but as soon as she made eye contact with her, she ran away, so I didn’t ask where she was.”
“Ah… “

Other women who enjoy sleeping with Ha-jin are a bit uncomfortable with Kim Hyo-jung, who now eats and sleeps in the same house, but they rather like Na-yeon’s case.
Like a sexual tool, Hajin didn’t go to bed only when he wanted to, but just comfortably hugged each other every day, talked instead of having sex, or had light skinship, so he became closer mentally.

“By the way, when are you going to tell Hyojeong? She says he can’t go to the Captain’s aid. You can’t hide it all the way.”
“How can Hyo-jung say that her stomach is this full?”
“That’s right! Hearing something like that could get you into trouble! Never!”

Kim Hyo-jung, who was already in her 26th week of pregnancy and into her 5th month of pregnancy, was so swollen that she could clearly tell that she was pregnant even with her own eyes.
In that situation, she waits for two months and if Kim Hyun-joon doesn’t come back, if Ha-jin, who said she would go and bring him back, actually says that she can’t go there again, she’s afraid that something bad will happen to the fetus in her belly. Was not able to do even more.
So Ha-jin was very busy moving to send her others instead of going herself.

“Jackson, you go and help me! Let me live comfortably! I’m going crazy because of Hyojung!! It’s already been 3 weeks since I haven’t had sex! This is how my peppers rot!!”
“… I’m over three months old. And isn’t it too late for me to go? It’s already been over a month. If I was going, you shouldn’t have stopped me then.”

After Kim Hyun-joon disappeared, Jackson immediately raised his stats and tried to go there.
Of course, with Jihoon Kim.
However, Kim Ji-hoon was prevented from doing so by her girlfriend’s strong opposition, and Jackson told Ha-jin not to go in person.
Because he judged that if Kim Hyeon-jun used Paul as bait, he would have no problem returning alive.
But now he bitterly regrets his actions.

“At that time, I didn’t know that he would cling to me like a water ghost! You’re a total ghost! Ghost!!”
“Anyway, it’s impossible for me to go now. I am not confident that I will be able to close the distance that has been opened for more than a month.”
“… You don’t have to go someday either. So go now!”
“Hajin.”
“Why?”
“Wouldn’t it be over if Hyo-jeong was reassured?”
“Okay! Then it’s over, there’s no other way! Way!!”
“I can’t say there isn’t.”
“… Is there any way? Jackson bro! Tell me! Tell me!!”
“I’ll tell you, call me brother from now on.”
“Brother! Older brother! Kuck..!! Just tell me how!”
“Way…”

Before Jackson could finish speaking, Ha-jin’s appearance disappeared, and the first place where the disappeared Ha-jin appeared was Sector 9, the closest to Altona, Sector 10.
In this way, Ha-jin, who returned to Altona after going around sector 1 in descending order, had a thick chain in her hand, and the strongest people in charge of each sector were tied to the end of the chain that stretched to the floor.
And Ha-jin, who ran home while attracting everyone’s attention…

Jump!!

“Hyojeong-ah!! These guys are shit… No, I’m going to find Kim Hyun-jun!! So you can go home safely now!”
“… Really..?”
“Then! Really! Hey, are you guys going?”
“I-we… “
“Say go. Or else I’ll tear your jaw right here.”
“… Going…”
“I’ll go…”
“I will go…”
“Did you hear? I went~ hee hee”

The strongest players nodded at Ha Jin’s eerie warning through the interpreter.
So Ha-jin paid all the coins he lacked to raise his stats and sent all 9 strongest players to a dark hell.
Of course, the strongest who went to hell came back in just two days.

“… Why did you come back?”
“Well…”

***

A week before the strongest come back.
Kim Hyun-jun and Paul arrived in front of the large castle gate that Ha-jin entered.
I arrived in front of the castle gate at an incredibly fast speed, but that was probably natural.
In Ha-jin’s case, she wasted time pouring out intangible energy in place for several days, gave up everything and lay down to sleep for several days, and even caught monsters and talked to them, wasting time. .
Anyway, as soon as the two arrived at a much faster speed than Hajin, the gate opened with an unpleasant sound as soon as they touched the gate, and the two stepped inside without hesitation.
Then the assassins greeted the two.

Shiiyik!!!
Wheeik!!!

As if they had waited, a sharp awl-like hand stretched out from the darkness and passed Kim Hyun-jun and Paul’s chest and cheeks, and Kim Hyun-jun and Paul, who were already aware of the existence of the assassins through Ha-jin, but could not completely avoid them, panicked and quickly moved forward. Started running.
In order to properly deal with them again after opening up the distance.
But there was something the two didn’t know.
Assassins are everywhere.

Shiiyik!!!
Wheeik!!!

This time, a sharp awl appeared in front of my eyes.

Swish!!
Swish!!

Kim Hyun-joon and Paul, who avoided the attack by leaning back like decalcomani, swung their nails and knives wildly, sensing the energy of the assassins everywhere, though they were less than Hajin.

Shahah!! Shaaaaa!!!
Whiik!! Swish swish!!!
Kkagang!!
Kkangkang!!!

Assassins’ attacks that bounce off nails and knives.
I already knew that the number of assassins was not one or two, but this was completely different from what Hajin had heard.
The monsters that were incomparably stronger than those outside the city gates, and the numbers that each person had to deal with were dozens of them, not just one or two.
Moreover, the appearance of the assassins is invisible to the naked eye.

‘This crazy..! I didn’t say it was this much!!!’
‘Hey, you passed through here alone..?! Nonsense!!!!’

It’s a bit embarrassing at first, but you get used to it once or twice. Is it just annoying after all?

Paul, who heard the words through Kim Hyun-joon and Camilla, who believed in Hajin’s words, had to go through countless deaths at the level of monsters completely different from what he had heard.
Of course, after about two days, I got used to it, and it got to the point where we took turns sleeping.
Anyway, after getting used to the assassins, Kim Hyun-joon and Paul, who started to speed up again, barely managed to keep their lives and started moving, overcoming the dangers of being killed again by the terrible monsters that popped up in the middle. From that moment on, I started to have compulsion.
Because the monsters the two couldn’t kill were chasing them with the momentum to follow them to the ends of the earth.

“Do something!!!!”
“You are stronger than me!!!”

Paul, who tries to run ahead somehow by grabbing the screaming Hyun-jun Kim by the arm, and Hyun-jun Kim, who tries to run ahead by dragging Paul back.
The two of them, who had been running like crazy without sleep, felt at some point that the monsters were not chasing them.
The two legs stopped with such a slowly decreasing speed.

“Huh… Heo-eok… Heo-eok… “
“Huh..! Huh..! Huh..!”

The two people, who were breathing hard, seemed to lose their minds from the fatigue and drowsiness that came over them, but they managed to catch their spirits and began to move slowly.
Head towards the place where the loud roar is heard.

Kwagagagagang!!!!
Aaaaa!!!!

Now there are a lot of people who can make a loud roar-like sound, but the roar they heard was different.
A roar like the sound made by Hajin.
Even though they knew it was dangerous, the two did not stop their steps. After a while, Paul, who stopped first, began to open his stuttering mouth with difficulty.

“My, my… My… My… “
“Huh… Heo-eok… Heo-eok… “

A man who heard Paul’s stuttering voice gasped and turned his head.
A large eagle was flapping its wings as if taking flight on the back of a man whose upper body was covered with scars, wearing pants that had become rags.
An eagle that fits the nickname of Eagle so well.

“Pole?”
“James!!!!”
“Go back.”
“What..?”
“Go back if you don’t want to die. This is where you can hold on… “

Aaaaa!!!!!!!

James disappeared without a trace with a roar.

And there, a being with two eyes of unknown depth covered in pitch-black darkness was staring at Kim Hyun-joon and Paul, showing off a lofty figure.