Chapter 547 – Splitting the Sky (2)

As the awkward moment passed, the first to speak was a man who had led a group of people up from the basement earlier.

He asked me a question while carefully taking off his large earmuffs.

“Who… Are you?”

Who came to clear this world that has become a dungeon?

Who came down to save these people?

There were a variety of options, but when I came into contact with other classes through lower world possession, I said something I was reluctant to say.

“Xian Yu, other than that, there is no information I can give you.”

“Yoo Sian… Are you Korean? I’ve never heard that such a superpower exists in Korea.”

“What is your name?”

“Ah. My name is Lee Tae-seong. I am the leader of the Garam District… So, I can say that I am the leader within this wall.”

The word leader, which I haven’t heard in a long time, reminded me of something from the past.

When I was possessed by Lee Sian, my first possessed body, I left most of the work to a trustworthy person named Seongtae Choi and did my best.

There was a movement to crown me as a kind of king in a world where zombies had disappeared, but I rejected that and stepped back.

“Mr. Taeseong Lee, if monsters attack this barrier for 24 hours, can you protect the people?”

“What is that all of a sudden… Are monsters like Stonesh really coming?”

Taesung Lee seemed to be wondering whether he should believe what I said.

It’s very suspicious, but it’s difficult to treat it as crazy since it comes from a being with tremendous power.

“I’ve made a big deal out of it, so they’ll come rushing in here. I plan to fight as little as possible to damage the barrier, but I also need some time to rest. If you guys help me at that moment, I’ll find the light.”

“Isn’t the water already spilled? I will consider this an opportunity and accommodate you as much as possible.”

Taeseong Lee said to me with a grin.

Other people who heard the story couldn’t accept it yet, but they decided very quickly.

I thought he was a person with sufficient leadership qualities and delivered the first request.

“If you have any data on the monster’s appearance and characteristics, could you hand it over? I think it would be good to just have one that can be destroyed with firepower.”

“Mr. Chanseong! Please bring the monster encyclopedia!”

“Yes! I understand!

When Lee Tae-seong pointed to one person, he answered and quickly started going down to the basement.

“And is there anything else you need?”

“History books…? I want to know a little about what happened in this world.”

“Uh… I wonder if anyone brought a history textbook? Furthermore, I’ll go down to the basement and look for it right away.”

When I saw the people at the outpost going down to the basement with Lee Tae-seong, I lightly waved to the barrier captain who was pointing a gun at me from the damaged side of the barrier.

I’d like to talk to that person too.

〈23:42〉

*

A huge monster, it was also called Gigant, but it was settled as a monster.

Various monsters appeared in each country, and in Asia, Stonesh and Besamos appeared.

Stonesh, which lives burrowing into the ground, is sensitive to vibrations and sometimes comes to break down barriers when it gets angry.

In the case of Besamos, the shock waves generated when it flies are so strong that people have no choice but to go underground and live.

‘It’s a fantastic combination that makes it impossible to live comfortably even if you hide in the ground.’

In addition, there were dinosaur-like creatures that walked on two legs with large tails, and aquatic creatures.

I felt that this world, where the earth seemed to be taken over by giant monsters, really didn’t feel like a dungeon.

‘Is it a closed world or an open world? Looking at the information about other countries, it seems like it belongs to the open world.’

I roughly read the thick notebook with monster-related photos and letters scraped off, probably created when the printer was running, and then closed it.

“Choi…?”

“I’m Eunseo Choi.”

The woman who gave her name as Choi Eun-seo taken a shower before coming to me, so her dark hair was slightly wet.

If we were to evaluate a body wearing a dress shirt and a skirt, would we say it lacks voluptuousness? Her face had a bit of a cute feel.

“You said you were a history teacher, right?”

That kind of woman was a teacher.

“Yes, that’s right.”

I had no intention of learning history in earnest, but it seems that the history teacher happened to be in the Garam district.

When I saw him swallowing his saliva, it seemed like he had heard something, but I felt like he would be less scared if I asked him a question.

“When did monsters appear?”

“Station… Ah…”

Since I was asked about history, I thought I would ask about a story from a long time ago, but Eunseo Choi was a little embarrassed because I asked about a story that was too recent.

“It’s been a little over a year.”

“How did it appear?”

“It appeared through a gate written in history books. I know that in the past, zombies fell from the gate, but now, over a hundred years later, a monster called Gigante has appeared.”

After hearing that, I asked out of curiosity.

“Can you name the Korean who was active when zombies appeared at the gate in the past?”

“There are martial arts masters Li Xian and Han King Choi Seongtae, but I personally miss Li Xian right now.”

‘The owner of nothing.’

I felt a little heat rising to my face as I heard an unexpected and extremely embarrassing epithet.

I have seen Lee Sian’s life through Complete Liberation, but that is a very fragmentary view of what happens around him.

Since Lee Si-an was a family man, most of the time, Kim Na-eun, her children, and grandchildren were only seen occasionally.

I think I saw at a glance that he had completed a new martial art, but it wasn’t that important to Lee Sian, so he passed it over in an instant.

“I’d like to hear a little about Lee Si-an and Choi Seong-tae’s story…”

“Yes. That’s the area with the most research, so I think I’ll have a lot to say.”

When Choi Eun-seo’s eyes lit up as if the teacher’s temperament was aroused, I turned my head away for a moment.

“Over there?”

“It’s coming.”

〈23:02〉

Checking the time, it seems that the plan is to allow monsters to reach the barrier every hour.

At first, I thought monsters would come continuously for 24 hours straight, but that wouldn’t be an S-class gate.

“I’ll be back for a bit.”

The monsters that came to the southern wall were four Stonesh.

It was easy to handle.

*

Eunseo Choi spoke in a very polite manner, kneeling on both knees and placing her hands on them.

“After the zombie outbreak ended, two people formed an organization and fought in Korea, which had become a world of lawlessness. At that time, the martial arts that Lee Sian, the master of martial arts, taught to his followers were very effective. They continued to fight in a battle that was close to winning every battle. It didn’t take long for the Korean Peninsula to be organized.”

Women’s Gong and Namwon Gong are basic techniques that can hardly be considered advanced martial arts, but the story changes when there are modern firearms that can make up for the lack of power.

Since you have better physical strength, vision, and reaction speed than others, if you have a gun in your hand to supplement your lacking attack power, it is difficult to lose unless it is an armored battle.

“And King Choi Seong-tae of Han thought that he could rebuild a strong nation only by acquiring a larger land, so he moved his base from Korea to neighboring China.”

I think I saw them go down to Honam for land, but I didn’t know they went over to China.

As he conquered the Korean peninsula, he spread martial arts to his followers, so he had strong confidence in his military, and China, with its declining population, was a good place to target.

“There, the King of Han restricted the supply of martial arts to the old Chinese. It was essentially a revival of slavery, which had been abolished. However, many Koreans who broke that order and distributed martial arts to the Chinese in order to create more efficient slaves died mysteriously. Considering what happened, that choice wasn’t wrong, because no matter how well they treated Korea, they still stole China’s land.”

I want your manpower in exchange for my power and my fight.

If you bow your head and follow with that feeling, you will gain strength, and you will be able to be greedy.

“The Chinese who had learned martial arts attempted to rebel, and a great war broke out. At that time, Li Xian, the master of martial arts, played a major role and disappeared from history. After that, the spread of martial arts was almost cut off, but zombies have been appearing again for several years now. Since I didn’t know it, the need to learn it was reduced.”

“I see.”

“After that, it was a time of development. We gained a large amount of land, and we still have remnants of the science and technology we gained before. It took about 20 years to build factories again and enter the information age. What was called the zombie outbreak. It took about 30 years to finish.”

And after listening to Choi Eun-seo’s story a little more, she said that the progress up to that point was very fast, but there was no progress after that.

30 years ago, we lived in a world where we could feel the advancement of technology with the latest smartphone coming out every year, but it is said that even if we restored the technology that was lost 30 years later, there was no significant progress.

As the Earth became a mess and new countries emerged, there was a need to start exchanges between countries from the beginning, and the reason was that many people were engaged in the primary industry because the population was still insufficient.

After that, slow development continued for several decades, and when the world’s population increased considerably, it is said that the gate burst a year ago, as if they could not bear to see that happen.

It is said that with the firearms sealed, giant monsters more terrifying than fighting zombies appeared, and they quickly changed the surrounding environment.

“Wow… It’s amazing, isn’t it?”

Choi Eun-seo, who said those words, looked up slightly at the sky.

“Isn’t the world talking lately?”

“Yes. It’s been a long time since I heard your voice. I think the last thing I heard you said was that you couldn’t maintain the wall any longer.”

I’m not sure if I went into the dungeon and ended up in the future of the level where Isian was, or if I actually reached that level, but there was one thing I wanted to do.

‘I want to go back after stabbing the people who are harassing this poor world.’

When I made that decision, a quest appeared to me for the first time in a long time.