Chapter 166 – Chapter 166 Encounter

I met Diana’s party near Gapyeong.

She hurriedly ran and asked in an urgent voice.

“Really? The picture you showed me earlier.”
“Here it is.”

He handed out a report clearly stamped with the 2nd Corps commander’s seal.

“This is an agenda that has already been approved by the corps commander himself.”
“Hehe, Matthew Yeol even gave permission? Are you sane?”

The swordsman said in a voice of disbelief.
He was astonished beyond surprise.
How to say
Even if someone you trusted stabbed you in the back, you wouldn’t make that face.

“Probably not. Because he seemed insane because he was absorbed in a pseudo-religion.”
“Then, the pseudo-religion that is spreading in Gangwon-do…”
“It is highly likely that Matthew himself spread it.”
“Then who spread it to Matthew?”

Diana intervened.
Her face already knew the answer.

“It’s Daesung.”
“Also… That’s right.”
“Did you know?”

Diana nodded heavily at my question.

“Yes. Saint Guild was already predicting. Even before we attacked the San Francisco dungeon together, Daesung made strange moves.”

San Francisco Dungeon.
He must have been talking about the S-class gate that Daesung and Saint Guild worked together to attack.
Everyone’s attention was focused on the news that the two guilds representing the United States, the strongest hunter country, and Korea, which ranked second, cooperated.

“Was it intentional?”
“To some extent. That’s why we set up a Saint Guild branch in Korea.”

She pointed to the Saint Guild members who came with her.
They were looking at us with determined faces.

“Are you going to help me? Maybe we will get embroiled in a diplomatic dispute with South Korea.”
“Are you okay. Would you rather think of it as grace? If only the whole of Korea hadn’t been polluted by fakes.”

I’ve got solid evidence there.
As long as the cooperation between Daesung and the 2nd Corps has been confirmed through documents, it will be possible to put pressure on Daesung as well.

It was embarrassing to receive such help from a foreign guild…

‘Because I can’t just leave Daesung’s atrocities like this.’

I handed over the documents to the swordsman.

“The old man has it. It would be better for me not to be exposed in this matter.”
“Is it because of that?”

That was the reason I quit Hunter.
Accused of killing a colleague.
Of course, thanks to the withdrawal of the charges in the middle, the trial was over, and instead, it was involved in another crime and received a second-class identification code.

“Yes.”
“Perhaps it would be better for me to stand in the front.”

The swordsman nodded and received the document.

“But at this point, isn’t your suspicion cleared?”
“You know? How deep Daesung has penetrated. And how many people the title of Hero of River Gate can blind.”
“…”
“It won’t be easy unless we get clear evidence that Shin Seo-ah is a key figure in the pseudo-religion.”

The Sword Saint let out a sigh.

“I can’t argue, I’m angry. At the time, I couldn’t win against their pressure, so I couldn’t say anything.”

Even the Sword Saint couldn’t help me back then.
Because at that time the whole society was in madness.
If I had said that the Sword Saint would help me, it was clear that the Twilight Guild would have disbanded sooner or later.
At the time, Shadow Mask was a villain.
No, he had to be a villain.

“First of all, we move quickly. We must capture Gangneung and capture Mae-yeol as soon as possible. The goal is to eradicate the pseudo-church in Gangwon-do that has lost its central point.”
“The next thing is to formally publicize it, right?”

The swordsman shook the document in his hand.

“Yes.”
“Good. It’s hard, but it’s an effective method. Let’s go.”
“From here on, I will leave it to the elders and Diana.”
“Are you not going to follow me?”
“Someone has to protect Chungha noona.”
“Right… Don’t worry. It will be over soon.”

I saw Diana.

“Before I go, there is something I want to hear about the monster.”
“I will tell you everything I find out.”

One thing I’m curious about

“Can you get Chungha noona back?”
“I need to do more research, but… First of all, it’s positive. If the nucleus hadn’t been destroyed, there’s a good chance it would contain all of the memory information.”
“… All right. Then, when I capture General Matthew and return to Seoul, I will visit the Saint Guild.”

In my mind, I wanted to go to Gangwon-do together and sort them out.
But my intervention was risky in many ways.
If by any chance it turns out that I am a shadow mask… ?

This incident, of course, put me in danger as well as many of the students I taught.
So it was time to get out of here.
I had to be able to tell when to go out and when not to.

“Yes. I’ll be waiting for you.”
“I’ll give you the core of the other monsters then.”
“Great.”

Since I handed over all the data except for the monster’s core to the Sword Saint, he will take care of it.

“Oh, and scrap Siwoo’s car here. I brought a spare car with me, so you can take it back to Seoul.”

Diana gave her a car as a gift.
Also Saint Guild.

“Thank you.”

I completely destroyed the body with telekinesis and left with everything that could be a clue.

The Swordsman’s Twilight Guild and Diana’s Saint Guild headed to Gangneung.
All that’s left is to leave it to them.

“Whoa…”

The tension was relieved now.
I wanted to return home quickly.

***

“Sir, I think we need to get out.”
“I know.”

While Kim Si-woo was meeting with Diana, managing director Choi Woo-seok realized that the situation was getting serious.
An insider suddenly appeared.
The soldiers of the 2nd Corps did not find the intruder.
It wasn’t enough that all the monsters that the 2nd Corps was researching were dead, and they even carried related materials.

‘I stepped on shit.’

It was terribly unlucky.
I received the chairman’s order and came all the way to Gangneung.
But suddenly, something like this happened.
It must be the president’s test.
A test to see how you can wisely get through this situation.

Unless that’s it.

‘It must be to get rid of me.’

Using himself as a tail to shake off the link between Gangneung, the 2nd Corps, and Daesung.

‘The latter is unlikely.’

In fact, he was the only descendant who inherited the president’s power.
It’s just that he hasn’t been able to make it big yet, and he wasn’t a player the president would easily throw away.
Unless there is someone to replace it.

‘Shin Seo-ah.’

Why did her fiancée’s face suddenly come to mind?

‘What if this is a simple accident that was not in the president’s plan?’

Weak, but present.
Even the president didn’t know everything.
There may be a mistake.
If it’s a mistake…

‘I have to get out of here right now.’

It was difficult because it was revealed that he was related to Daesung.

Even if it happened for some reason, he should never have stayed here.

“Return to Seoul.”
“All right.”

The attendants bowed their heads and followed Director Choi Woo-seok.
I am about to leave Gangneung City Hall and get into the car.

“Stop! Where are you going Manager?”

General Matthew Yeol blocked his way.

“I think we should go back to Seoul.”
“Haa, are you talking about Seoul?”
“Because there is a problem. Wouldn’t it be difficult in many ways if it became known that Daesung was related to the monster?”

A vein formed on General Matthew’s forehead.

“… I’m sorry, but absolutely not.”
“Why?”
“Why, I can never use poison poison by myself. Who brought you here, you can’t be abandoned here like a devoted mate.”

Life began to fade in General Matthew Yeol’s eyes.
As he gestured, hundreds of soldiers standing around aimed their guns at him.

“So come in. When you say nice things.”

Half words
Dare to point a gun at Daesung’s successor, let alone a short horse.

“Are you out of your mind?”
“It was Choi Woo-suk who left. Do you and the idiots next to you think you can deal with this many soldiers and hunters?”
“Ha… Who do you think I am?”

Choi Woo-suk’s voice became cold.
His voice was full of cold anger.

“I am Choi Woo-seok, the successor of Daesung, and the grandson of President Choi Woo-sung, who was called the god of war. You’re going to stop me with all these rags?”

Sereung.

Choi Woo-seok drew the sword from his waist.

If this is what the President calculated, then I should follow it.
Even if it isn’t.

‘In order for me to live, I must kill them unconditionally.’

“It is a very wrong idea.”

Here, it is proved by cutting off all the ties between Daesung and the 2nd Corps.
That I am the next-generation chairman who will lead Daesung.

“Haa, our young master had a very wrong idea.”

General Matthew Yeol gave a fishy smile.

“A story is drawn well. Eliminate all the monsters who were forced to create due to Daesung’s threats and eliminate Daesung’s successor who makes unreasonable demands. We are not at fault, and all of these tragedies happened because of Daesung. Do you think this isn’t bad?”

After speaking, General Matthew Yeol waved his hand.

Ride and ride!

Bullets rained down, and the Hunters drew their weapons.
All of them were veterans who had gone through all kinds of battles.

“Quaaaaagh!”
“Cuck!”
“Aaaaagh!”

The attendants standing behind Choi Woo-seok collapsed in a beehive.

“You killed Daesung. I will pay you back tenfold.”

Choi Woo-seok drew his sword and cut off the head of the soldier at the forefront.
It was a clean blow that did not splatter a single drop of blood.

“What… ?”

While everyone was astonished, he cut off the head of the hunter who then ambush him.
Drops of blood smeared on Choi Woo-seok’s face.

“Tsk, dirty.”

He swung his sword without stopping.

Musin.
Upon seeing Executive Director Woo-Seok Choi’s sword, Matthew Yeol recalled the sword of Chairman Woo-Sung Choi, who had come to negotiate with them for the first time.

“No…”

That was General Matthew’s last memory.

***

“This…”

Geomseong, who discovered the terrible tragedy of Gangneung, muttered in a mesmerized voice.
The corpses of soldiers in military uniforms and hunters wearing magic equipment were scattered on the streets.
A man standing in the middle of it.

Choi Woo-seok, executive director of Daesung.
Even after killing hundreds of soldiers, his face did not show any change in expression.
He was looking down at the dead General Matthew Yeol with a face that said he was not having fun.

“Choi Woo-seok!”

Swordsman called Choi Woo-seok by name and approached him.

“Oh? Aren’t you a swordsman? What are you doing here?”

Dressed in a suit that didn’t have a single drop of blood on it, he shook off the bloody sword and put it in the scabbard.

“What are you doing here?”
“Because they confirmed that the 2nd Corps had done a bad thing. We were in the process of annihilating the leader and his remnants.”
“You…”
“They dared to foster monsters inside the base. We are removing all of them and killing them as well.”

Cutting Daesung’s tail

‘Was Choi Woo-suk already in Gangneung?’

This guy confirmed that the information of the 2nd Corps had been stolen and immediately took action.
Sword Saint felt a chill run down his spine.
It wasn’t because of his strength.
Rather, he was ahead of himself by one or two moves.
However, the fact that he had no qualms about killing people made him think that Choi Woo-seok was perhaps more like a monster than a monster.

“You have destroyed evidence as well as witnesses with private sanctions.”
“Since when did the Twilight Guild take over the role of the police?”
“It’s not just the Twilight Guild.”

Diana stepped out.

“Ah, the girlfriend of Iron Wall Lee Kang-san?”
“Is it spherical?”
“I don’t know why the American guild, Saint, interferes with Korean affairs.”
“As you know, monsters have to move around the world.”
“There is evidence that the monster was fostered at the request of Daesung.”

Choi Woo-seok’s expression remained calm despite the words Geomseong interrupted.

“It is true that the 2nd Corps helped form forces in Gangneung, but it has nothing to do with the monster.”
“You’ll find out later on that.”

As the swordsman approached, Choi Woo-seok put the sword into the scabbard.

“Don’t look at me so fiercely. How can I deal with the sword saint?”

Relaxed laugh.
Geomseong secured Choi Woo-seok’s recruit.
He was not bound by force.
That was the last consideration for Choi Woo-seok.

‘By the way, killing Matthew Yeol…’

Was it an instinctive choice?
If that’s the case, there’s no such thing as a young serpent.

Making bold decisions is exactly like Choi Woo-sung.

“After a brief investigation, let’s go to Seoul together.”
“All right.”

Choi Woo-seok only smiled leisurely throughout the investigation of Gangneung.