#134
That time.
Koo Hwang-seok arrived in Canberra a day earlier than scheduled.
As a master of the Arch Guild, his reputation was already spreading throughout Canberra.
“Are you here?! “Thank you so much for taking the initiative and not shying away from such a long journey.”
Members of the Canberra Hunter Emergency Response Committee seemed to cheer Koo Hwang-seok enthusiastically.
That’s right too.
Five years ago, there was a similar case.
Back then, when he was radiating overwhelming magical power and slaughtering monsters… .
He went so far as to establish himself as an Australian hero.
As usual, I believed that Gu Hwang-seok would solve this rift situation.
But contrary to what they think.
Gu Hwang-seok’s expression was quite different from before.
“It’s miserable.”
This was the thought that came to his mind as soon as he set foot on Canberra soil for the first time.
The middle of the city center has been turned into a heap of ashes.
Not only the corpses of the hunters, but also the corpses of monsters were piled up here and there, attracting attention.
Just how many casualties have there been?
His expression could never have been good.
‘There are only traces of noble people.’
He had dealt with numerous crack incidents and hundreds of monsters.
This sight was not unfamiliar.
However, when he saw with his own eyes the sacrifices and damage suffered by many more people than expected, he began to think more.
‘I never thought it would be like this.’
It was almost like a war scene.
No, rather, the current situation in Canberra seemed no different from war.
Gu Hwang-seok had no idea that the situation would be this serious.
Anyway.
As soon as he arrived here in Canberra, he tried to grasp the seriousness of the situation as comprehensively as possible.
“So how far has the crack situation spread now?”
“Now Evatt, Bruce, McGrath et al. “You can think of the northern part as being almost surrounded by demonic energy.”
“Where else?”
“The South is in a similar situation. “It’s safe to say that half of Canberra is covered with magical energy.”
“Hmm, it won’t end easily.”
A magical energy is rapidly spreading throughout Canberra.
Gu Hwang-seok was also flooded with old memories.
Just by looking at the magic around Canberra for a moment, you can get an idea… .
‘It’s already darkened considerably.’
Although the match regained more than half of its former prowess, looking at the current situation in Canberra, it seemed like the match would not be easily resolved.
In the meantime.
A sound that would make one’s brain explode came from Gu Hwang-seok’s ears.
“what?! “The trainees sorted out the situation?”
“yes! This is the news I just heard. Since the incident occurred in a safe area, we quickly prepared to provide assistance, but the situation had already been brought under control.”
“Even if we say trainees, aren’t they only first year students?! Even though they are Xenix trainees, it is still the same. “There may be a professor there.”
“Well, Professor Park, who guides the trainees, said it himself. “It was the trainees who directly dealt with the monsters.”
“Hey, since you’re a professor, you must be humble. “Can you just believe that at face value?”
“It made sense.”
“… “What do you mean by that?”
The person involved in the crack incident hurriedly took out a tablet PC and showed it to his superior.
It seems like the data was based on a situation that occurred in a safe area.
The boss’s reaction was very unexpected.
“These guys are the ones that often appear in our area, right?”
“That’s the same, but take a slow, close look at where the arrow was stuck.”
“… “Why do you keep making me look at you like that?”
The result of a close observation of the photos given by subordinates.
There were quite meaningful scenes captured in the photos.
Against Cerberus, who has many difficulties in kiting… .
The positions of the arrows stuck in the corpse were quite sharp, so traces of fatal wounds were often seen after accurately identifying the weak point.
Accordingly, Gu Hwang-seok’s ears naturally began to focus on their story.
At best, he even pressed his face against the tablet PC screen held by the official.
“Well, it looks like Xenics trainees are here too. Can I take a look at the materials for a moment?”
“Ah yes. But it may be because they are Zenics students. “Aren’t you of average skill?”
“… Well, that’s right.”
“I think Korea’s future is very bright! “I can’t believe I’ve already caught Cerberus as a trainee!”
There is a contradiction here.
Just because I was a Xenix trainee, I couldn’t catch Cerberus.
That’s why he was able to catch Cerberus because he had the same skills as an active hunter.
Gu Hwang-seok took out his magnifying glasses and closely observed the data on the tablet.
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“… Hmm, these arrows!”
They were familiar arrows.
Golden feathers and thin black nodes. In addition, there are unique patterns engraved on each node.
I could definitely tell that this was Cha Min-jun’s arrow.
“No way, that guy?!”
Cha Min-jun, only three characters came to mind.
At the very least, he wanted to check the list of Xenics trainees.
“Could you please check the list of Xenics trainees who recently participated in training?”
“Oh, that’s it. “No problem!”
Eventually, a list of Zenix trainees was received through an official.
just as expected.
Surprisingly, Cha Min-jun’s name was also posted.
***
The next day, the Xenix trainees couldn’t sleep well.
Even if that happens.
Since they had already come this far, there was no particular reason to be considerate of them.
“Everyone, wake up! weather! “It’s been a while, but I’ve been asleep all this time!”
Richard Park was busy waking up the trainees who couldn’t get out of their sleep.
“Haaam~ Professor, this is really too much.”
6 am.
Trainees who were half-asleep continued to complain about their eyes being less open.
“This is the practice you chose. “If you were planning on making a fool of yourself from the beginning, you can go back now!”
“… … .”
The trainees also seemed discouraged by Richard Park’s extreme words.
Moreover, since I experienced a strange(?) phenomenon from the first day of practice, if I think about it differently… .
It was safe to assume that there was absolutely no safe area here in Canberra.
“As I know from my own experience yesterday, the current situation in Canberra is literally at a tipping point. This means you shouldn’t relax even for a moment! “There is no guarantee that something like yesterday won’t happen again.”
Minjun, who was listening intently to Richard Park, did not complain.
‘It’s not entirely wrong.’
It is safe to say that there is virtually no safe zone in Canberra anymore.
As you can see from the bloody battle with Cerberus yesterday.
This place is already full of demonic energy.
Meanwhile, there is practical training starting early in the morning.
The trainees had to prepare from early in the morning.
“I plan to look at surrounding trends in the morning. The key point is to look around the area designated by each team and get a general idea of what happened there. Observation skills are also very necessary, but I would like to hear your opinion on how you inferred the situation that would have occurred there. Come on, we don’t have time, so move quickly. “The afternoon schedule is already full.”
It’s a practice.
It is obvious that this training will be no different from overwork.
Unlike Korea.
It was obvious that a wide variety of monsters would appear(?) in the future, and it would be difficult to catch these gigantic demons in a short period of time.
So is there no solution at all?
That’s not necessarily true.
‘We must first find the core area where demon energy blooms!’
Because the story is so vast, Minjun doesn’t remember much at all.
No matter how loyal he was to this novel.
It was actually difficult to remember all the stories in detail one by one.
However, one thing was clear.
‘Definitely not Canberra.’
The Canberra area is especially dominated by magic, so the officials agree that the source is here… .
The reality is quite the opposite.
Minjun is waiting while the trainees are preparing.
I closely observed the map of the Canberra area hanging on the wall.
‘Hmm, I think it was northeast.’
An area quite far from Canberra.
Minjun pointed to the area and made a guess.
Meanwhile, Richard Park, who had been looking at Minjun like that, approached him.
“What are you looking at so intently?”
“Something is a little strange.”
“What’s strange?”
“If we look at just the area marked on this map… .”
Minjun explained step by step.
They pointed to the area around Canberra where cracks have occurred so far and analyzed their distribution.
“Cracks occur frequently everywhere except the northeast, right?”
“however?”
“Well, if you think about it the other way, why doesn’t something like that happen in the northeast?”
“That’s right, the demonic energy hasn’t spread there yet.”
“That being said, there was a crack incident in Wickron City, right behind the northeast?”
“… … .”
It was slightly marked, but unlike the northeast, where no cracks had occurred yet.
The area behind it was marked as having recently experienced a crack.
Of course, compared to other crack incidents, the scale was insignificant and so small that it was not immediately noticeable.
“Hmm, just looking at the part marked on the map, it’s not that big. “I don’t think it’s worth worrying about.”
“No. “This could be the beginning.”
“beginning? “What does that mean?”
“There is usually a core area in the magical energy stream, right?”
“yes. As you can see from Introduction to Magi, it is also the most basic part.”
“Then, wouldn’t it be possible for the core area of Magi to change from time to time?”
“… … .”
Richard Park was curious about Min-jun like that.
The core area of demonic energy can change at any moment… .
For him, who had been researching the phenomenon of demonic air currents for a long time, it was not an unreasonable part.
Of course, I couldn’t even think of writing it up as a thesis because the data and amount were so vast.
However, I never thought I would hear this part of Minjun’s mind, who is only a freshman.
Richard Park became more and more curious about Minjun’s existence.
‘He’s a guy with really unique ideas. then.’
However, until today, there has not been a single case where the core area of Magi has changed.
Richard Park first tried to deny Minjun’s words.
“That’s fun. Could the core area of Magi change? “Nothing like that has ever happened before.”
“It just hasn’t happened in a while. There is no guarantee that this will be the case in the future, right? “Is that why you postponed the presentation of your thesis?”
“!!”
Richard Park was left speechless by Minjun’s provocative(?) remarks.
