Episode 48
“There were traces of people?”
For the first time since Sihyeon’s story began, Team Leader Seo reacted in surprise. I heard from the hunter who arrived a little early that Sihyeon had defeated a giant monkey, but since it was a short conversation, I did not hear a detailed explanation. So, this was the first time I heard from Sihyeon that there were traces of people.
“Yes, what can I say? It felt like an uncivilized native village.”
“It’s a bit vague when you say it’s a trace… are you sure?”
Team leader Seo asked as if confirming.
“I’m sure. In fact, you can’t even call it a trace. There was a human corpse.”
“A corpse?”
“Yes, there was a human corpse lying on the altar in the center of the village. It was terrible, but it seemed like a human sacrifice. I didn’t know it at first, but when I thought about it later, it looked like it had been sacrificed to a giant monkey.”
The team leader had a serious look on his face at Sihyeon’s calm answer. He was holding his head with one hand and his eyes were contemplating something. Then, after some time, he opened his mouth again.
“Hmm… this is definitely a very unusual case. You’ve never met or talked to anyone in person, have you?”
“That’s right.”
“Hunter, you know this isn’t normal, right?”
The fact that there were not only monsters but also people at the gate was quite shocking.
An unidentified subspace filled with monsters that threaten this world. That was a word that could briefly explain the current gate.
But are there humans there?
This is something that can shake up the common sense that we have had about gates to their roots.
“Yes, to a certain extent.”
Sihyeon nodded.
“Then I guess you understand the need to keep it a secret from the public.”
Certainly, if people knew about this, there would be great confusion. The government wouldn’t want that. I understand the government’s position.
but.
“But isn’t this a fact that has to be revealed someday anyway?”
Considering the importance of gates in modern society, this is too important a fact to just ignore.
“Not yet.”
“Has something like this ever happened again?”
Sihyeon asked with eyes thinking about something.
Team Leader Seo looked worried again. Originally, it was not a level of information that a low-level hunter like Sihyeon could access.
However, he was the one who discovered human traces. Now he is no longer involved. In order to obtain cooperation in maintaining confidentiality, there was also a need to persuade by telling the truth.
Team Leader Seo thought so and answered.
“Yes, this is not the first time. You know it’s an S-class gate, right?”
“Of course I know.”
“It’s also related to that.”
“….”
Sihyeon adjusted her posture and sat down.
Information about the S-class gate, the top secret of top secrets. This is information that you can never hear, considering your social status.
A chance to hear such information… .
Sihyeon concentrated his mind so as not to miss a single word.
“You know that S-class gates are very different from other gates, right?”
“Yes, I heard that.”
The other gates below Class A were all different on the inside, but the outside had the same circular, swirling shape.
However, S-class could not be grouped into that category at all. Some type of dungeon actually appears in this world. It could have been a huge castle, an endless forest, or a vast swamp. So, in fact, it was difficult to call it a gate.
However, for easy classification, they were just grouped together with gates.
Anyway, that was the appearance of the feared S-class gate. Si-hyeon also knew about this, having heard about it through the media and the Internet.
However, the interior is unknown. When an S-class gate appears, the government issues a red alert and evacuates all residents within a radius of several tens of kilometers for safety. Reporters were not even allowed access.
The S-class gate was that dangerous. If there is no hunter who can stop a single monster that appears there, it could kill thousands or tens of thousands of people.
For that reason, if the hunters who participated in the S-class gate attack were silent, the outside world would have no idea what happened there. And, as a matter of course, countries with the power to attack S-class gates controlled information to the public.
The remaining countries were unable to even access the S-class gate anyway and were only hoping for help from powerful countries. Naturally, those countries had no way of knowing things like S-class information.
That was the current situation.
“Originally only monsters appeared at the S-class gate.”
Team leader Seo continued his explanation.
“But… have you ever heard of Winter Castle?”
“Winter Castle? Hmm, I remember hearing about it. I guess… Is this an S-class gate built in Norway or Finland?”
Sihyeon pondered his memory and answered.
The appearance of the S-class gate was news that broke the news all over the world, so Si-hyeon also remembered it to some extent.
“I guess you know roughly. It’s an S-class gate built in Finland. Its official name is ‘Impregnable Winter Castle Adenbar’, but it’s just called Winter Castle for short.”
S-class gates had their own names.
It wasn’t put on in this world. The moment you enter the area of an S-class gate, the name of that location appears on the hunters’ system.
“Now that you say that, I remember it clearly.”
“I see. As you know, Finland does not have the capabilities to attack the S-class gate. So it requested help from the EU, and you may have heard that the EU dispatched a joint attack force to attack it.”
“Yes, I heard you did.”
“But then I found a person there.”
“A person?”
I already had some expectations.
But hearing it in person gave me an amazing feeling. She said she only saw human corpses at the gate. But when he heard that a person had been found, he felt as if his guess had been confirmed as reality.
“That’s right. Not just one person, but several people.”
“So what happened? Who are those people?”
Si-hyeon couldn’t hold back his curiosity and asked a question as if urging him to answer.
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“That’s… some water for a moment.”
As Team Leader Seo continued to talk, his throat felt sore, so he poured a glass of water from the water purifier and drank it. As Si-hyeon, who was very curious, it even felt like he was deliberately slowing down.
After a while, Team Leader Seo sat down again.
Sihyeon gave me a urging look as if asking me to talk quickly.
“I was able to communicate with those people. It was because of the interpretation magic item.”
Team leader Seo opened his mouth again. He deliberately spoke in a way that made it seem as if he had personally experienced the incident in order to bring a sense of reality to the story.
So Si-hyeon became more absorbed in Team Leader Seo’s story.
“So you had a conversation?”
“That’s right.”
“her….”
Sihyeon groaned with startled eyes.
A conversation with the person who appeared at the gate. I never thought something like that would really happen.
“Those people….”
“yes.”
“He was from another world.”
“If you’re an alien, then the Leiter Continent?”
It was the only other world that Si-hyeon knew of.
“Yes, that’s true. But even though it’s true, it’s a bit different.”
“It’s true, but it’s still a little different?”
Sihyeon’s face was full of doubts at those confusing words.
“It is true that they are from the Leiter Continent, but there seems to be quite a difference in era from the people who are currently giving us the power of awakening.”
“What is that?”
“When an awakened person told them the name of the original owner of the power, they said it was someone from hundreds of years ago.”
“yes?”
Sihyeon was astonished and opened her eyes wide. The development of the story was completely unexpected. It’s surprising that there is a difference in time, but does it make sense that it’s over hundreds of years? No, in fact, the gate itself is something that goes beyond common sense.
But this was an even more amazing story.
“and….”
But the surprise didn’t end there.
Team leader Seo continued.
“They said that the humans of that era were living a life no different from the slaves of monsters.”
“Huh? A slave to monsters?”
Sihyeon was surprised once again.
But this time it wasn’t just Sihyeon who was surprised.
A notification window suddenly popped up.
[Poahim is very confused after hearing what is happening. He wants you to quickly find the ‘Saint of White Silver’ or the ‘Great Sage of Both Eyes’ and find out something about it.]
It was the second name that popped up after the dinner with a producer.
“Um, just for a moment… I need some water too.”
Sihyeon stopped talking for now. As he approached the water purifier, Sihyeon tried to put his complicated brain in order.
Poachim was understandably confused. This was a story from another world, but from Poahim’s perspective, he suddenly heard that his descendants had been reduced to the slaves of monsters. He couldn’t help but be shocked.
I still haven’t figured out how this is going to work. Sihyeon drank some cold water to freshen up his head a little. Then he sat down on the sofa again.
“Slaves, then what about those people?”
“Yes, he was tied up with chains and various restraints. We spoke after killing all the monsters.”
“I see. So what happened to those people?”
I thought that the EU might be digging up various information while protecting it with utmost secrecy.
“He’s dead.”
“Huh? Dead? Who on earth killed him…?”
Si-hyeon made a bewildered face at the nonsense. By all accounts, they are extremely important people. I didn’t know that it would be of great help in solving the secret of the gate.
There’s no way the EU’s raiding party would have killed him unless he was an idiot. So then who?
“…It exploded.”
Team Leader Seo answered with a heavy expression.
“An explosion….”
“The moment I released the restraining device to take them away… the body exploded. It exploded into pieces. Several hunters lost their lives in the explosion.”
“Oh my god, such an amazing thing… it couldn’t have been a bomb, then?”
“It seemed like there was a spell that even they didn’t know about. I don’t know exactly under what circumstances it would be activated, but I’m sure it would explode the moment the restraint tool is released.”
“….”
There was silence for a moment.
People from another world who have been reduced to slavery.
The magic of explosion.
Dead Hunters.
Could it have been like that if he had met people at this gate?
Sihyeon bit her lip and looked at the table. After a while, he opened his mouth again.
“Then who’s next?”
“It has never been found since.”
Team leader Seo shook his head. He continued.
“Anyway, it is very important information. Based on the information from the Winter Castle, major intelligence agencies in each country are diligently researching it.”
“okay.”
“Now do you understand why we still have to keep it a secret from the public? There are too many unsolved mysteries to announce the appearance of the person at the gate. Until we figure it out, it will only cause unnecessary confusion.”
“…I understand.”
After hearing the whole story, Sihyeon obediently agreed.
“Of course, this matter will be reported to major countries. However, this time we did not meet and talk to people in person, so… it seems like the questions are only increasing.”
“Yeah… I’m confused too.”
“Then would you like to take a short break and then continue?”
“No, it’s okay, let’s continue.”
“All right.”
Team leader Seo continued the investigation.
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