Chapter 37 – There’s Something There (2)

STM analyzes the magic attribute properties of the entire Korean peninsula 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It is the most important virtual satellite for mana observation instruments that measure mana distribution.

Virtual satellites exist but do not exist. It can be seen as a concept similar to the one that exists between the imaginary world and the present world when Tibochina called the White Demon King.

This satellite, which transcends Earth’s technology, created by combining phantom magic and summoning magic, is provided in the name of the committee to countries and organizations that belong to the 13th or higher level out of the 15 levels in Libreth, the sacred ground of the Mage Tower.

Ten years ago, when Yang Ha-yeon entered the third ranker, Libres judged that Korea’s evaluation item score had reached the 13th level. At the same time, it provided STM.

And today, 10 years later, the observation instruments were in a state of emergency in the northern part observed by the virtual satellite STM over the Korean Peninsula.

From the old North Korean region to the Manchurian region above it, it has been the land of monsters for nearly 30 years.

But all of a sudden, the magic power of all the monsters in the area corresponding to 80% of South Pyongan Province and North Pyongan Province and 20% of Jagang Province disappeared at once. Immediately after that, I went into the real observation, and the sight that I saw went beyond common sense.

A blackened earth that looks like an abyss. An unnatural sky, as if something had forcibly cut off the flowing clouds. Nothing existed on that land. Monsters, forests and mountains.

Soon the darkness over the land lifted and what was seen was a sight as if a huge giant had cut out only that part with a sword. Employees of the observation apparatus who watched it in real time trembled in fear of the unknown.

Lee Do-kyung, who was returning to Seoul with Lee Ji-yeon and Killian, accompanied by the villains, heard the news and had a foreboding of who the culprit was, and after hearing from Ha-yeon Yang that he had headed north with the White Demon King, he was sure.

Ko Yu-chun, an unidentified man who appeared with unpredictable powers just 10 days ago. A person who seems to have power comparable to that giant king of the Yulka Mountains. A strong man like that would be famous even in the central world, but Lee Do-gyeong had never heard of such a person.

“It will be difficult to hide this time…”

This time, unlike the name, I couldn’t hide it. The land disappears and the water fills up there, making the largest lake on the Korean Peninsula even at this moment, so how can we hide it?

On the way back, Lee Do-gyeong was running north, leaving the new members of the association and the staff of the observation agency to take care of the villains. He couldn’t stop what had happened, but at least he had to hide Yoochun’s existence.

‘He’s a dangerous man.’

It wasn’t about Yuchun’s personal character. Lee Do-kyung saw him as reasonable, polite and humble. Rather, it was very unfamiliar to me from the point of view of knowing how eccentric people with strong powers are.

But that power was too dangerous. It’s different from the last name.

The power at that time was strong, but if you were a strong ranker, you had enough time to feel and deal with it. But this time he didn’t feel any aura.

It is the power that destroyed the land of the two provinces. Even though it was a gigantic power that was incomparable to the last time, it seemed as if everything on the spot was erased, regardless of type or intangibility.

What if that power is reproduced in Seoul? Everything will be gone before you can respond to an emergency.

Is it okay if he doesn’t use it? How can I know the world What would he do if something happened in Seoul that would cause him to lose his temper in anger?

‘It’s really difficult…’

I couldn’t tell anyone else about it. This is because the scene of being destroyed while trying to use or remove him without knowing anything came to mind.

“Are you okay? Director”
“Oh, um, nothing…”

Hearing Lee Ji-yeon’s voice from beside him as he ran, Lee Do-kyung twitched her mouth. Originally intending to go alone, he was heading north with his daughter, who said, “I will go with you.”

He said no, of course. Although there was no longer a clash of forces that seemed like a battle, the danger was unknown.

She decided to release her daughter from her arms, but it was absurd to take her to such a place.

‘Those villains can be fully led by Miss Killian and the rest. So take me with you.’

‘Can not be done. You mean you knew what was going to happen there?!’

‘Isn’t it correct that the Ranger unit common manual requires at least two Awakeners to be put into this situation? And in all academies, I received top marks in all of the required curriculum, military science related to monsters, reconnaissance missions, and the 5-week survival period. There is no one more qualified than me here.’

‘But! Still…!!’

Of course, I never wanted to take him.

‘Please, Dad. Please take me too.’

If it wasn’t for that dad. Hearing that he was a father and not a director for the first time in 10 years, uh, uh uh, Lee Do-gyeong consented without even realizing it, and now they are going together like this.

‘Did I hear it wrong…?’

It was more convincing than what her daughter had said in such an earnest tone that she had never heard of a father in 10 years.

“Jiyeon-ah, I’m going to Seongcheon. Are you really going to go with me to the end?”
“Ha, where is the ranger who backs down because he’s scared when he’s already reached the inspot? Instead of worrying about me, think about the future. Director”

“That, that’s right…”

Lee Do-kyung nodded at Lee Ji-yeon’s words. She said she was wrong and her daughter was right. It sounds like you’re annoyed in your voice, but that’s probably an illusion. She must have been tired from traveling long distances at high speed.

If you go over the hill in front of you, you will reach your destination. Lee Do-gyeong predicted the number of cases.

If the first Yuchun is alive. Just like when she first brought him back to Seoul, she just needs to return to the Association intact using the teleportation system installed at the Karun (Association’s reconnaissance unit)’s base in Pocheon under Cheorwon.

Rather easier than then. Originally, it was connected outside the Seoul barrier, but now a second-class emergency code is floating.

You can return to the association headquarters by direct line. In addition, Karun is Lee Man-seong’s followers, and there is little to leak secrets.

Secondly, it was possible that both were in a groggy state, although that seemed highly unlikely, as no combat sounds were heard when both were alive. In that case, he helps Yuchun to kill the White Demon King.

The third is if the White Demon King is alive. It’s the worst. Lee Do-gyeong had also heard stories about it, and was fully aware of how dangerous it was.

‘In that case, I’ll lure him all the way to Harbin.’

The land of monsters from the old North Korea to Manchuria. He lures him and drags him to Harbin. And take him to the named monster Turtle Dragon, who has been sleeping for over 10 years, and make him feel refreshed.

The odds are slim and even if he succeeds, it will be difficult for Lee Do-kyung to survive, but if he moves south, many people will die.

‘No matter when I was prepared for death, this kind of thing happens again.’

By the time I put my thoughts together, I was almost over the hill. The sight below was told by the staff of the observation balloon, but even so, it was astonishing.

“Huh… Oh my God…”

It looked like it had scooped up the ground with a giant spoon. In the dug-out land, seawater and groundwater were filling up, creating a huge lake in real time.

“…Director, let’s find Yuchun first…”

“Yeah… I guess…”

It was shocking, but the important thing right now was to find Yuchun.

“The predicted manifestation point seen on the map is around here.”

The reason why I came here to Seongcheon was because it was around here that the spread of power began. In fact, judging from the broken trees and rocks here and there, it seemed that the two were fighting here.

“Leave the remaining traces to Ha Yeon-yang, who is coming now, and we will search for Yuchun-gun.”

Yang Ha-yeon was rushing here immediately after receiving a call from Lee Do-kyung and sending Jason and Ryunosuke to Seoul.

I couldn’t let other countries know what happened here. My eyes went dark when I thought about how they would react when they found out about the existence of Yuchun.

Even the US, an ally, would not want South Korea to have such power. That’s why they couldn’t leave traces of battle, and the best way to erase them was the spirits.

Even if Yang Ha-yeon’s spirits deal with the traces, if you look closely, you’ll know what happened, but you won’t be able to put pressure on Korea just by looking at the missing phenomena.

‘First of all, after a quick search with Ji-yeon, I join Yang Ha-yeon.’

It would be efficient to divide into two to search, but as long as there is a possibility that the White Demon King is still alive, Lee Do-gyeong cannot send his daughter alone.

“I don’t know if there is any danger here, so Jiyeon is with me…”

“…There is no need to search, Director.”

“Hmm…?”

Lee Do-gyeong felt puzzled by those words and looked at the direction where Lee Ji-yeon’s fingertips were pointing. There was a woman in red who had fainted and Yuchun sitting there clutching her right arm.

*

“It hurts so fucking hard…”

It was the first time I felt pain. I felt a pain in my right arm that was on a different level from having my palm cut or burned by the power of the White Demon King.

After reverse summoning the White Demon King, Yoochun trembled for two hours as he felt the twisting pain in his right arm before he could even see the spectacle he had created.

A feeling that I thought I would never feel with this body. He said he was fine now, but he was afraid of what the hell had happened to his right arm.

She felt a mixture of disgust and fear, similar to the feeling of not being able to look at the area being operated after being given partial anesthesia in a hospital.

‘I still have to check…’

Whoops…Whoops…

She took a deep breath, suppressed her emotions, then turned her head to look at her arm.

“What’s this…?”

Yuchun, imagining that her bones were protruding or her skin being torn, looked at her arm with a stunned expression.

His arm was broken like glass. And between them, I could see a black color like jet black.

Yuchun instinctively sensed that it was the same kind of thing he saw when his fist broke through the space and covered the front.

When a person’s flesh is cut or injured, it is normal for blood to ooze out and, in severe cases, bones to be visible. However, on Yuchun’s arm, which was cracked like a dry paddy field, I could see a deep black color, let alone blood and bones.

I have a delusion that the pervert monk I saw when I was a child who sucked monsters with the palm of my hand would become like this if it evolves. Shaking his head once, he returned to reality and calmly analyzed this phenomenon.

‘What the hell is this?’

Neither magical power nor magic power. In the first place, Yuchun did not know how to emit mana and did not have stats related to witchcraft.

Considering Yoochun’s stats, he should be able to recover some of the scars at a speed close to time reversion, but what the hell was this, he was filling up very slowly.

“Coming to think of it, I think something was added to the status window earlier…”

At that time, he remembered the sound that had resonated in his head when he had beaten the white demon king with all his might.

‘Status window…’

Belt ring-

Name: Goyucheon
Race: human

Talents: Inside Space (B), Five Ring Stars (B), Iron God (A), Acceleration of Thinking (B-)
Protection: Void
Skills: Destroy Fortress (CC-), Five Elements (BB) (Physical Method), Offer (BB), Killian Style (CC+)
Stats 〈Erosioned by the void.〉

Physical: 0.67 – Transcendence (3rd),
Sense: 76.54
Mind: 67.13
Mana: 68.25

Mileage: 237,564p

“Hermi Sifal…Void…?”

Yuchun finally understood.

It is a power that only the monster called the Guardian of the Scales, the 3rd place in the ranking of Zayerba, the lord of the tower of emptiness, time. Characteristics of strength? I do not know.

In the first place, since the owner of the Tower of Time is an unknown being, almost everyone knows that the power of emptiness exists.

What Yuchun knows is that the person he met by chance while playing Last Legacy has that kind of power. And to the extent that it denies everything it touches, and that my old character, brushed by that damned void, was instantly annihilated.

‘At that time, I raised him until he was a high ranker…’

Anyway, it was surprising that the shape of his right arm was being healed little by little, rather than being destroyed by such power.

“But looking at the registered protection, you can use it as long as you have the will…”

Currently, that nonsense has been registered as Yuchun’s protection. As long as you have the will to use it, you will probably be able to summon the void due to the nature of the divine protection that is invoked without any understanding.

“Yes, if you want to lose…”

However, the principle of divine protection, ‘great power comes at a price.’ The formula for calculating divine protection was created and is a universally accepted principle. Deal with the void? It would be a tremendous power, but the conditions would also be enormous.

Yuchun decided not to look at it, considering it taboo for the time being.

“Anyway, how should I do this…?”

Only then did he raise his head and see the disaster he had created. The void disappeared and water was filling up in the disappeared land. When I was staring blankly at that scene.

“Mr. Yuchun!”

A familiar sound came.

Yuchun turned his head at the voice he heard just a day before.

There, Lee Ji-yeon was flying down from the sky in a very hurry.

‘It’s like an angel…’

The thought came to me inadvertently as I saw her long, waist-length hair falling down with her back to the sun.

“Are you okay?”

“Ah…Yes it’s okay.”

Concern filled in blue-green eyes that had been transformed into magic awakened Yuchun’s spirit. Actually I still don’t know.
Why is she looking at herself like that? To Lee Ji-yeon, Yoochun herself is an opponent who humiliated her indelibly, although she did not intend it.
Contrary to the expectation that she would be hated for a long time, if not her whole life, she showed quite favorable feelings towards herself after that day.

‘Something like that to secretly stick a knife in the back…’

My body trembled when I thought that it was a build-up to get revenge on myself.

“Mr. Yuchun…? It’s really good right? Par, why the arm again?!”

Ji-yeon Lee stretched out her arm, startled by the black crack in Yoochun’s arm.

‘Oops! Don’t touch it!’

He is alive because he has a monster-like body. She says she’s strong, but her rank is S+ Awakener, so if she touches the void, she will be instantly annihilated.

“It’s not possible! Mr. Delay!”

Widely! With a sound, Yuchun cut off her arm. I don’t know if later she will take revenge on herself, but not now. Yuchun couldn’t let her die.

‘Whew…I almost got into trouble…’

“…Yoocheon-san…?”

Lee Ji-yeon’s blue-green eyes trembled.

‘What…’

Her eyes were moist, as if she were about to burst into tears.

‘What…?’

The trembling in his eyes was now spreading to his body.

That appearance, in Yuchun’s eyes, seemed to hurt her heart as much as the day she did her sparring.

‘What is it…Deja vu…?’

And for some reason, a cold sweat broke out on Yuchun’s forehead, who had memories of experiencing something similar to this, except for the other person.