Chapter 9 – Tracking

-Plaza in front of the main gate of the Awakened Association-

Hum… Hum… Hum…
When the surroundings suddenly became noisy, Han Seong-tae wondered what had happened.
“Uh? Senior, aren’t those observation balloon kids over there?”
“?”

As if he wanted to pretend to be cool, the guy who had been muttering soberly until now, pretended to be fine, approached me, started talking to me, and pointed at the entrance to the plaza.

Han Seong-tae looked at the front gate pointed out by his junior, and about 200 people began to enter.

Buzz buzz…
However, it was not because of the 200 or so new members that they were noisy.

“Wow… Is that person Lee Do-kyung?”

Lee Do-gyeong, director of the Mana Observation Organization, is one of the three rankers in Korea and close friends with Lee Man-seong, the president of the Awakened Association, who is meeting with the guild leaders of the three major guilds at that conference hall.

‘That person came all the way?’

Bringing all the awakened people from all over the country except for the minimum number of people, and even coming with a mana observation device?

‘This is definitely strange’

Woong woong woong woong!!!
At the sound that was twice as loud as when Lee Do-gyeong suddenly appeared, Han Seong-tae looked at the noisy place, wondering what was going on this time.

Hey, isn’t that Yang Ha-yeon?!
-What?! Hey! Come see me too
– Wow, you’re fucking pretty…

‘What Hayeon Yang?’

Han Seong-tae was surprised and quickly turned around.

A bright atmosphere, shiny golden hair and green eyes, a body with perfect proportions as if God had created it himself.

A peerless beauty, one of only a handful in her world, approached Lee Do-gyeong, who was waiting for her at her front door.

Han Seong-tae was impressed even after seeing such a beauty.
‘All three top rankers in Korea are gathering…?’

All guilds across the country, including the top 3 guilds
Korea’s best armed group association
The elite few combat group mana observation device that detects and responds to dungeons or portals faster than anyone else
Until Yang Ha-yeon

90% of Korea’s Awakened forces are now concentrated here.
‘Are you saying that there is an issue that would require this level of force?’

“Wow…That’s pretty.”

“What?”

“Isn’t Yang Ha-yeon really pretty? Senior”

Ha…

‘How did I get to this point?’

Originally, Han Seong-tae had been active in the Golden Bird Guild for 15 years, 15 years from the previous guild leader until now, and had risen to the rank of executive.

However, after the death of the former guild leader, Ahn Geon-soo, his younger brother, rose to the position, and after he hated him, he was pushed to the education department within the guild.

It was also a department with only one such stupid prospective guild member.

“Don’t talk nonsense, stay calm”
“…Yes”

He ignored the murmuring again and went on with his thoughts.

‘Did the monsters from the north start to come down?’

The old North Korea, which has now become a paradise for monsters, has become a demonic cave where monsters flow in through portals and dungeons.

Experts said that they should be careful that the monsters will come down when the north is saturated, but they said that it will be at least 5 years later.

‘Or could it be that a villain came over from the central world?’

There are times when villains from the central world sometimes cross over and come through the gate, but whether they are from the central world or not, the accidents they hit were different in size.

Disaster Descent of the Doomworshipers, a villainous group that blew up a city
Red Cane Parkundal, a mad wizard who turned the entire earth into a breeding ground for monsters and wanted to know their ecology.
The ‘Black Saints’, a group of villains who attacked the Vatican while shouting ‘The only God in this world is the Creator’ and crying out only the departed God.

It was an incident that would remain as a black spot in history, and it was also the ‘Enforcers’, a unit directly under the 13th Committee, made up of only rankers dispatched from the central world, that resolved it.

‘No, if those guys came over, we can’t try to solve it ourselves. We need to control the information immediately and wait for the executioner to come.”

‘One is because the timing is not right, and one is because there is no possibility. Then what is it?’

“What?!! What else do you mean?!”

‘What happened again this time?’

Han Seong-tae narrowed his eyes when he saw Lee Do-gyeong, who was shocked while on the phone, and Yang Ha-yeon, who was frowning next to him.

*

“Get out of the way everyone!”

After receiving the call that had just come in, Do-Kyung Lee and Ha-Yeon Yang ran to the association meeting room with the help of the team members of the Observation Organization.

‘It has to do with the ominous feeling I felt earlier’

The ominous sensation I felt when I reached the entrance of the Association Square, where the Awakeners were gathered, at first I wondered if it was an illusion.

Lee Do-gyeong looked at Yang Ha-yeon, who was running with her, frowning.

‘It is not an illusion’
The spirits, who are said to be the most sensitive to changes in the world, also felt an ominous sensation and were trembling.

And the call that came earlier
‘I’m sure the name disappeared’

According to the phone call from the Mana Observatory, the magical power of the name in Cheorwon suddenly disappeared.
‘And that time is the same as when Yang Ha-yeon and I felt it.’
When Lee Do-kyung and Yang Ha-yeon slowly left the plaza where tens of thousands of people gathered

“What is that”

Powerful magic power emanated from the conference hall.

Seeing that even those around him seemed flustered, it was judged that it was an unexpected situation for them as well.

‘Did my older brother and the three major guilds not talk well?’
That gigantic and mighty mana was definitely the mana of Lee Man-seong, the president of the association.
‘What’s going on?’
“Hayeon, go quickly.”
“Yes… You see”
Phut!
Lee Do-gyeong, who arrived at the entrance of the conference hall in an instant with magical powers on his legs, kicked the door of the conference hall with a bang.

“Older brother-!”

‘We have to prepare for the worst. They can’t beat you, but they might have done something dirty, so start with the nearest guild leader…’

“Older brother…?”
“Uh? Dokyung came quickly, heh heh”
“What is this…?”

The situation was different than I thought.

“Keah!! Let go of this!”
“Aaaaa You fucking old woman dare to grab my hair and let go!! I will kill you!”

Haewon’s Do Gap-soo was sitting next to him, sighing, while the other two guild leaders struggled with their heads held in one hand by Lee Man-seong.

“What is this…What is going on?”
“Um… I’ll explain the situation later and then”
Baek!

Lee Man-seong hit the heads of the two screaming guild leaders and fainted.
“Hey Do Gap-soo”
“Something…?”
“The rankers have something to talk about, so take these two idiots out, explain the situation to those who misunderstand and draw weapons out there.”
The Awakened members of each guild who followed Lee Do-gyeong and Yang Ha-yeon were shouting to put the two down with their weapons in their arms, knowing that the guild leaders of Golden Bird and Dawn were being attacked by the association leader.

“…Why can’t we listen together?”
“Because you don’t deserve it”
“Because I’m not a ranker…?”
“Okay then get out”
Fast-!

Do Gap-soo, who was already raging at Korean rankers, was hit by Lee Man-seong.

“Hey… When Lee Man-seong gets older, all he has left is his pride…”
“Okay, let’s go”

Do Gap-soo, who was glaring at Lee Man-seong in bloodshot eyes, left the meeting room spraying death.

“Can I leave it there?”
“What do you mean?”
“Do Gap-soo, I might have an accident and hit it once.”

As Lee Do-kyung said, she was worried about Lee Man-seong, who greatly provoked the old man, who was only her pride.
If all he has left is his pride, doesn’t that mean he doesn’t know what he’ll do if that pride gets crushed?
“Well… Think about that later”

Lee Man-seong, sitting on a huge, half-shattered wooden table, holding his hand, looked earnestly at the two rankers.

“Isn’t there a more important story… Than that?”

*

“So… The bottom line is that we have to go to Cheorwon in secret and check it out.”
“Yes, I think it should.”

After talking about the ominous energy they felt earlier and the name that disappeared, the rankers decided to secretly leave for Cheorwon to check.

“Ha Yeon-yang, is that a certain story?”
“Yeah, that power, the kids said, it’s absolutely not a monster.”
The reason why they want to go to that dangerous place on their own is because of the words of the spirits of Ha-yeon. As I said, there was something that wasn’t a name.

“It could be even worse.”
“Maybe so…”

My head ached at the appearance of a new third being, who was presumed to be equal to or higher than the named, who did not know whether Lee Do-kyung and Lee Man-seong were enemies or allies, what thoughts they had, and what their identity was.

“Let’s go right now”
“Shouldn’t you tell the government?”
“It’s okay, it’s good if you don’t interfere”
“Okay, then just talk to the kids below and go.”

Lee Do-gyeong and Lee Man-seong called only their aides to talk.

“Then let’s go now”

Like that, the three rankers sneaked out of the association and headed to Gangwon-do.

*

-A cave somewhere in North Hwanghae-

Yoochun, not knowing what happened in Seoul because of him, crossed the old demarcation line and entered a cave in North Hwanghae Province, now a world of monsters, with Killian.

There, Yoochun was able to hear information about the alternate dimension from Killian.

‘It’s similar to the demon world of fantasy novels’

The 27 lords, the demons under them, and wild monsters who live together with them, but at the same time compete for survival. What’s unique is that the source of demons is a monster?

The outer dimension was about that kind of place. In fact, he even called himself a demon.

‘I still have my doubts… But I’ll work them out later’
Since getting into the city is the top priority, I decided to ask other questions later.

‘The problem is…’
“What should I do with you now?”
– What?! Didn’t you try to save me?!
“No, I’m not saying you’re going to kill me. You’re a monster to anyone who sees you now, so what are you going to do?”
-Ah! You don’t have to worry about that.
Clap-!
-Look, you won’t get caught with this look.

At that time, the carapace that covered Killian from head to toe was absorbed into her body, and the appearance from it made Yoochun perplexed.

The healthy brown skin and evenly developed muscles were like the best horses, and the brilliant silver hair seemed to be looking at a lofty star alone in a dark cave into space.

Probably everyone who likes fantasy is a dark elf! Yuchun stared blankly at the beauty who was about to shout out.

Even if she calls herself a demon, it’s surprising that a beautiful woman suddenly pops out of her appearance, which was no different from a monster. The problem is that she looks like a magical girl who stopped in the middle of transforming.

Breasts that make me wonder how they hid that, nipples that radiate a lustrous light, and a hairless ax…

“Yayi!!”
– Well, why?
“Cover some!”

The outdoor exposure of a beauty that anyone can look back on, with little difference from humans, was too high for ordinary Yoochun.

-I don’t know what’s wrong. In the first place, weren’t you wearing nothing before?

“That’s a bitch! You tore everything up!”

After the fight with Killian, her clothes turned to powder and disappeared, but Yoochun was completely unaware of it.

Later, when she heard Killian’s words, ‘Isn’t it uncomfortable to shake that rattle?’, Yuchun, who was astonished at her naked state, was wearing her old military uniform, which she had barely found in an abandoned warehouse.

Still uncovered, she tossed the top she was wearing at Killian, who proudly showed her huge chest.

“Wear this too.”
– Hmm… I think it would be uncomfortable to be rough, but…
“Wear it with your own hands before you are beaten and forced to put it on.”
– Oh, I got it.

Left with much to hear from her Killian, Yuchun had to take her back to her city.
“If you take me like that, they’ll try to put me in jail.”

A man who brings a naked woman… He will be treated as a villain right away.

“Hu, I have a lot of questions to ask you, but since I have to go to the southern city first, I’ll tell you the plan.”

– Just go in. Oh, I got it.
“Listen quietly, okay?”

I wanted to feed honey chestnuts to the head of the guy who threw up every word, but I had to hold back.
The outside looked fine thanks to the unique resilience of the demons, but it hadn’t healed yet, so it could have died otherwise.
Yuchun said patiently.

“Once we…”