Chapter 69 – Chapter 69 – Summer Vacation, Beach (6)

A ship carrying dozens of hunters heads for a remote island.

A player* splits the sea water and scatters white foam to the left and right.

“Huh…”

I was tapping the scabbard like a habit while watching it blankly on the deck.

“Hey, junior.”

As I was thinking, sorting out the complexities in my head, Kim Soo-bin approached me from behind grinning.

“Why.”

Even if I answer in a negative way, Kim Soo-bin stands next to me, chatting about what he likes.

“You know what? There’s a video of the dungeon you cleared the other day. You must have watched that video hundreds of times in various guilds.”

“Really? What… I’m not interested.”

I looked at the island that was getting closer.

The island, which was a small dot when viewed from the beach, is now so close that it can be clearly seen.

Quite a bit of time has passed, so the appearance of the island at sunset was quite mysterious.

Reefs and moss-covered cliffs, a white spire-like lighthouse, and several ships tied to the pier.

A scarlet curtain pouring over all these things.

Its appearance was really beautiful, but I, who had been watching it for a few minutes, felt a sense of ‘unity’ in that scenery.

“There are no people on that island right now.”

I narrowed my eyes and watched the island.

There were obviously traces of people buried here and there.

However, in the scenery I saw, there was no ‘single person’.

“You’re sharp! Junior.”

Kim Soo-bin also watches the island with her eyes narrowed.

“You know what? In fact, since yesterday evening, all contact with that island has been cut off, junior?”

The speed of the ship gradually slows down.

Soon the ship was approaching the pier of the island.

“By the way. Isn’t that strange? Why didn’t anyone wonder?”

Dozens of ships are densely packed at the pier.

To the extent that there is no room for the ship we are on.

“It’s amazing. Besides, there are dozens of ships here. They all departed at the same time from the port yesterday? As if possessed by something.”

The blue sea tinged with vermilion shimmers.

Dozens of boats tied to the pier move calmly in line with the sway of the sea.

Obviously beautiful, but desolate.

So… To put it in some way, it gave off a dreamy feeling.

“Let’s go, junior.”

Kim Soo-bin pretends to be friendly and tries to wrap his arms around me.

I clicked my tongue and removed Kim Subin’s arm.

Kim Soo-bin giggled as if he was happy, and jumped off the ship and jumped onto another ship that was tied up.

“One youngest member of the Origin Guild and one youngest member of the Tamrang Guild. Only the two of them stay here to take care of the ship, and the rest follow.”

Kim Soo-bin looks back at the hunters and orders them, then jumps between the boats as if stepping on a stepping stone and approaches the pier.

“Oh really.”

I scratched my head and looked back.

Chairman, Vice President, Aris, Cheonghwa and even Violet.

Everyone seemed to have an intuition about what was going on.

“Everyone… If it’s dangerous, they’ll all stick to me. Somehow… Somehow, I’ll try.”

Everyone nods their heads and their eyes shine as if they have decided on something.

“Then… Let’s go.”

Leaving those words behind, I jumped across the boat and landed on top of her pier.

A secluded island bathed in the setting sun.

Something happened on this island…

Everyone had a gut feeling, even if no one said it.

* *

After entering the island, we divided into groups and decided to look around the island until the sun went dark.

The total number of people, including Hunter, was 36, so we divided into 6 groups of 6 each and scattered in different directions to investigate the island.

Of course, our group consisted of the members who came to play on vacation.

“Look at this.”

Violet made a sullen expression and taught the rocks with her fingers.

There are small bloodstains between the rocks covered with green moss.

“President.”

When I called for the president, the president nodded and dyed the inside of one wall golden.

Yongan.

As much as Kim Soo-bin’s psychometry, we had a fraudulent ability to obtain information.

The chairman stares at the bloodstain for a while with his golden eyes sparkling, then shakes his head as if in agony and lifts his eyes.

“Is it the same this time?”

“Yes. It’s the same.”

When the president flicks his finger, black traces begin to appear on the damp floor.

The traces, which started from a rock with blood stains, crawled along the floor and eventually arrived at the cliff.

“Fuck…”

Cheonghwa trembled and spat out curse words.

Bloodstains have already been found on this island several times, and each time the chairman analyzed the information with a dragon face.

However, the analysis values ​​that came out each time were all strange.

‘Something’ dragged a person.

However, that ‘something’ could not be identified as Yongan.

A person crawls towards a cliff on his own feet or hurts himself and is washed away by rainwater to the cliff.

However, the ’cause’ could never be grasped with Longan.

Just like the previous time when I tried to analyze the black flame of Cheonghwa, the Chairman’s face briefly lost its function, this time, the Chairman’s face stopped functioning for several minutes after reading that bloodstain.

I was sure

The crisis that hit this island is something like the previous ‘anti-war’, not something simple.

And when I said something, one thing naturally came to my mind.

‘Fish man.’

I naturally realized that the disgusting relationship that started at the masquerade ball continued to this day.

It also fits really well.

Sea, fish.

How deep is the connection?

As the sun slowly sinks, the shadows on the floor lengthen.

The softly covered scarlet curtain fades and a blackout is slowly drawn in.

“It’s nighttime, so let’s join.”

I got roughly the information I needed.

I grabbed my knife and started making my way to the lighthouse at the meeting point.

“Jojuna…”

Aris grabs my sleeve with an anxious expression.

“It’s okay, Aris.”

As I held Aris’ hand and tried to comfort her, I saw my reflection in her red eyes.

A man full of nervousness.

That was me now

Now, what makes Aris anxious is not this situation, but her anxiety when she sees ‘me’.

“It will be fine.”

I muttered quietly.

I don’t know if that word was directed to Aris or to me.

“Yeah, it’ll be fine.”

I muttered again and moved my feet.

An island sinking into darkness.

The sunlight disappeared and the shadowy appearance of the island was ferocious, as if a beast was revealing its hidden teeth.

Yangseom, whose appearance was originally his own, began to slowly reveal his teeth hidden in the sunlight in the dark.

* *

When we arrived at the lighthouse, Kim Soo-bin greeted us waving his hand.

“Hey~ juniors. Did you find out something?”

“Yes, what.”

He confided to Kim Soo-bin what he had learned through Yongan.

Then Kim Soo-bin happily nodded his head and said.

“Well, I know everything!”

What do you mean?

I glared at Kim Soo-bin with a sullen expression.

Then Kim Soo-bin giggled and took out something of hers from her ah space and threw it at me.

“Come on, take it, junior.”

When I received the item and checked it, it was a sealed box with black wrapping paper.

“Lunchbox. You don’t have to eat rice.”

Subin Kim nodded her head as if to show off the hunters who were eating her rice by relying on the light of a small portable lantern under her lighthouse.

“Now, take the ladies here too.”

Unlike me, Kim Soo-bin carefully handed out lunch boxes to each person.

“Eat and rest. Now, we’ll take care of the minor things.”

“I know.”

Her appearance is unreliable, but Kim Soo-bin’s appearance in various media was quite trustworthy, so I settled down in an empty place under her lighthouse without saying anything.

“Would you like a lantern?”

The hunters who were eating lunch boxes next to us looked at us and started talking.

“Thank you, but it’s okay.”

I take out the Levatein from my inventory.

The sword of Levetain, which overflows with bright red prominence, pushes away the darkness and reveals itself firmly.

“Uh… Huh?”

The hunters who forgot their lunch box stare at me in awe at the splendor of my Levatein.

I poked Levatein into the ground and sat down on the ground.

“Everyone, let’s eat.”

At my words, the president and everyone sat on the ground, surrounding Levatein.

I didn’t take out the Levatein advertised as ‘I’m special’ in front of people, but I was convinced that I would use it unconditionally in this job, so I boldly put the iron sword into the subspace and took out the Levatein.

It also serves as a lantern like this.

He munched the lunchbox and scooped the rice into his mouth.

Above us, a lighthouse emitting pure white light shrieks and scatters light.

The light of the lighthouse, which rotates slowly and illuminates the darkness, was slowly rotating.

“Jun Joon.”

The chairman, who has a reddish appearance reflected in the light of Levatein, smiles at me.

“Yes. Chairman.”

He munched on his rice and answered.

“You’ll be fine. Jo Jun-sama is already… The one who ‘saved’ the world once.”

The president’s wall contains me and shines blue.

We face eyes full of confidence where not even a single doubt exists.

“Yes..?”

I smiled awkwardly and continued eating.

Violet came out with a strange look and looked at the president, but then sighed and ate.

We must save the world.

This is the first mission given to me.

Whether you want it or not, as long as you have already entered this world, your role has already been clearly defined.

That’s why I…

Cheer.

The hand that was eating the rice stopped abruptly.

“What?”

A chilling feeling that arose in the whole body a moment ago.

I put my lunchbox down on the ground and jumped up from my seat.

Something is happening.

The goosebumps I felt a moment ago can’t be a simple ‘coincidence’ as long as I have a feeling.

He frowned and looked ahead.

A landscape covered in pitch-black darkness.

The only one that can move is pitch black.

Something moved in the dark sea water.

It is not rippling water.

There was something very minute mixed in the flowing waves that I couldn’t even notice.

Kulleong. Kulleong. Kulleong.

Darkness oscillates.

In the calmly scattered waves, something minute is gradually piled up.

“Everybody wake up!”

I shouted as I pulled out my Levatein.

At my words, the hunters who ate the lunchbox stared at me dumbfounded, not grasping the situation yet.

“Everybody get up because the little fish are coming!”

I wrapped my arms around Levatein and threw the Spirit Charm into the air.

A slash in the shape of a red crescent moon illuminates the darkness and advances.

The bright red slash goes to the sea swaying in darkness and shines a light.

Then, everyone stood up from their seats with shocked expressions on their faces.

Deep in the deep blue waters of the dark.

Numerous ‘somethings’ wriggling and flashing pale green scales were moving.

And those ‘somethings’ were constantly wriggling and heading this way.

“Move! Seebaal!”

When a hunter shouted, everyone moved their bodies without a second thought.

The long dark battle suddenly began.