Unwanted Opportunity (2)
The mana around the dungeon gate is distorted. This is due to the mana refraction phenomenon caused by the dimensional passage, and it becomes unstable the closer you get to the dungeon break.
So, we install mana meters around the gate to measure the risk. At risk level 1, it is not surprising if the dungeon collapses at any time. So, when the risk level reaches level 2, a strategy team is quickly sent out to close the dungeon.
That is the way to manage dungeons in modern society.
However, dungeons are still an unknown entity whose reason for occurrence is unknown. like this… Crazy dungeons with suddenly high levels of danger pop up from time to time.
No matter how hard you work at the Ability Management Office, there is nothing you can do if something like this happens.
“Wow, what!”
“what’s the matter?”
The cell phones of the people in the bar rang loudly at the same time. An ear-piercing alarm.
Dungeon break notifications are sent to all citizens regardless of region.
“Dungeon collapse?”
“Dungeon collapse? “Where are you?”
Of course, I received a notification too.
Bangi-dong 1 dungeon is what Yoo Ji-eun said. He asks Yoo Ji-eun what he said and says Yoo Ji-eun will be upset for a while.
But that’s not the point. The phone rang before I could even dial it. Received it immediately.
– Big, big, big trouble!
An urgent voice hit my eardrums. I moved a little away from the receiver and spoke.
“Has confirmed. It’s a Bangi-dong dungeon, right? Since it is a D-class dungeon, no great person will appear. Since it is a densely populated area, there will be quite a bit of damage… Request immediate cooperation from all guilds in Seoul.”
“Well, it’s not at the level of a D-class dungeon!”
“yes?”
“Something huge came out! “As soon as I came out, half of Songpa-gu was blown away!!!”
what?
“The head of the headquarters dispatched immediately with the hunters who were waiting at the headquarters, but honestly, I don’t know. “I’ve never seen anything like this!”
The voice of the situation room employee was filled with panic.
I can’t believe that an employee with considerable experience and not just a newly appointed employee is panicking. This is ridiculous.
“Mr. Kyungmin. calm down. Calm down, I’ll go up now. Can I request a helicopter? Send it. “I’ll be right there.”
“Please come quickly. please… .”
Half of Songpa-gu was blown away? Not in the past, but in this day and age, it’s nonsense.
Still, if the head of the department steps forward, it will end quickly. He is literally the strongest hunter.
It is more likely that it will be finished by the time I go up to Seoul. Still, if the dungeon broke out and it became known that the manager was enjoying a vacation, it would be like a hearing again. I came down on vacation.
I gritted my teeth, downed the half of the remaining drink, and left the bar.
* * *
“Please leave immediately.”
“all right.”
I sighed as I boarded the police helicopter.
A notification rings on my phone again. Since it’s a dungeon break, the notifications don’t stop. Dungeon break area. Hunter dispatched. Evacuation advisory for Songpa-gu.
However, this notification did not only come from mobile phones. The magic clock is ringing.
What could be causing the magic clock to ring like this right now? .
“Um, manager?”
The police officer driving the helicopter called me in a trembling voice.
“There, there, on the highway, over there, over there…” “Aren’t you a monster?”
I opened a holographic window.
Dungeon risk list.
!!Busan Myeongdong 1 Dungeon (E) – 00000000000
!!Gyeongnam Yangsan 13 Dungeon (C) – 00000000000
!!Seoul Gwanaksan 3 Dungeon (C) – 00000000000
!!Gangwon Taebaek 9 Dungeon (A) – 00000000000
!!…
!!…
!!…
“f*ck. what is this.”
Unless the magic clock suddenly turned, all the dungeons in Korea were exploding like firecrackers.
* * *
Seoul was burning.
“excuse me.”
I don’t know how I got to Seoul. People could be heard screaming below the helicopter. I didn’t look down. I can’t get it anyway.
I just thought it was my luck that I didn’t encounter a flying monster.
“I didn’t want to go back to Busan anyway, and I didn’t see any flying monsters on the way, so go around and look for any survivors. “If it doesn’t work out, I go to a place that seems safe.”
I don’t know if there is a safe place. Still, she said it.
“Never go to central Seoul.”
In this situation, leaving someone who is not a hunter alone is the same as telling them to die. Even the police in front of me knew that.
But I can’t take him with me.
“city… “What about the manager?”
“I’m going there.”
I pointed to central Seoul. This is the direction where the Ability Management Office is located.
Starting with the Bangi-dong dungeon, all dungeons in Korea exploded. On the way up to Seoul, my cell phone went silent, and so did my magic watch. I deliberately didn’t even check from the middle.
I don’t know what came out of the Bangi-dong dungeon. Whatever it is, Seoul is over now. Seoul is on fire, and the Han River has turned black. The water emits a rotten smell that cannot be masked even by burning flames. No matter how we solve this situation, Seoul is now an uninhabitable land.
“… … .”
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The police looked at me with complicated eyes.
That person and I are in the same position. There is no way to survive.
I know that.
“Then good luck.”
“… The manager too.”
I left the police helicopter behind and walked towards the Ability Management Office.
As expected, there is no pretense of popularity. What remains in Seoul are fireworks, building debris, and monsters.
“Keeeeek!”
“… … .”
I got my hunter license when I was in high school.
When I was a college student, I renewed my license several more times and raised my level.
After graduating from university, I entered the Ability Management Office. After that, he worked in an office job.
Even though I didn’t need to since I had an office job, the head of the department took me to the mountains every weekend. They said it was training and rolled me around in an empty space near the top of the mountain. I was excited that I would soon be able to beat my rating once more. Not me, but the general manager.
What did you say then?
‘Heejae. People need to learn skills. That’s how I can make a living.’
I don’t think it’s the technology, but… .
Still, it was true.
I picked up the sword lying at my feet. There is a charred corpse a little distance away.
The tiger died and left behind its skin, and the unknown hunter died and left behind a weapon.
I kept moving, cutting down the monsters I encountered.
There weren’t many monsters, either killed by the hunters in Seoul or burned together.
We moved forward slowly.
The last news I checked from the helicopter said that the same phenomenon was occurring all over the world. Not only in Korea, but all dungeons around the world are collapsing.
“… “What on earth?”
From the moment I left the research institute, the future I wanted was simple.
I leave all the troublesome tasks to others and enjoy only the comfort that comes with it. The director of the research institute said so. It just became more concrete for her thanks to the inspector general. In human society, the higher you are, the more things you can enjoy.
I worked hard for that. There really isn’t much left now. It was spread out only on a smooth road.
The future I wanted was worthless without someone supporting me. So I had to make sure there were people alive.
… Just have to check.
“f*ck f*ck f*ck… .”
I checked the horsepower clock again.
Horsepower clocks can be linked to each other.
A single connected horsepower watch. The head of the department scolded the researchers, who were reluctant, saying that it could be an invasion of privacy, saying, “After all, he is my son, so why bother?” Parents say they want to make sure their child is in good condition after leaving the house.
Did you confirm that I was safe? Would I have died in peace knowing that I was still alive?
[Director]
No reaction. There is no signal.
The uncle is dead. Korea’s strongest hunter has died.
From Songpa, I crossed the Han River and walked along the pitch-black trail. It is in the same direction as the Ability Management Office. Polluted poison puddles were visible here and there. There are traces of a battle.
I saw part of it near Namsan Mountain. It looks like the legs of an insect. One leg was bigger than me.
The cut surface that looks like it has been chopped is the work of an old man. There were also recognizable traces of other hunters. All these people would have died too.
A foul smell stings my nose. It’s the smell that comes from a severed body. The bodily fluid itself was poisonous. It cannot be erased despite the flickering fire. That fire, full of unpleasant magic, is no ordinary fire.
What on earth happened?
“Wow!”
“… !”
It’s the sound of breathing.
Survivor!
“… parachute?”
Just before I went on vacation, it was such an annoying experience, but now I was so happy that it brought me to tears.
Because there’s only one person who calls me that.
“Madame!”
“f*ck, f*ck. “Don’t call me that.”
“Hunter Yoo Ji-eun also said don’t call me Parachute.”
We exchanged pointed words as usual. In fact, he speaks much more kindly than usual.
I ran to Yoo Ji-eun’s side and examined her wounds.
From head to toe, not a single part of me is healthy. The most serious thing is the abdomen. I don’t know what hit me, but the bleeding didn’t stop. Every time Yoo Ji-eun opened her mouth, blood leaked out.
“Cough… Dude, I told you it was weird, that.”
“Do you know what happened?”
“Would you be doing this if you knew?”
The blood vomited out is black. It’s poison. It is the same poison that polluted the Han River. A foul odor came from the wound. I gritted my teeth.
Even though I knew it was useless, I took out the emergency potion I was carrying. Yoo Ji-eun snorted.
“why. “It’s expensive.”
“It must be a good thing that you are carrying it around. But you know it’s no use.”
“You have to try it to find out.”
Potion was poured on the wound. The bubbles bubbled up and then subsided. The bleeding stopped for a moment, but started leaking again.
Yoo Ji-eun cracked and laughed.
“I told you that we had to attack.”
“If you say you have a strange feeling, who will listen to you? “Hunter Yoo Ji-eun wasn’t sure either.”
“Ignoring the hunter’s intuition?”
“Is there anything else I can’t trust as much as that?”
“That’s right.”
I emptied the highest quality potion one after another. The wound was still the same. The bleeding didn’t stop.
I got annoyed and threw the potion bottle.
“Hey, I’m done anyway.”
“… “What should I do?”
“Take this.”
Yoo Ji-eun held out her hand.
Clink.
As soon as I felt it in my hand, I knew what it was.
“Teacher’s… no. “There’s no way you wouldn’t know.”
A dog tag with an old leather strap attached.
The identification tag was made of thinly stretched metal and had three familiar names engraved on it.
Hong Seok-young.
I held the dog tag tightly. Items that have exhausted their original purpose remain only as useful as they appear.
“I just brought that with me just in case. I’m glad.”
“What are you glad about?”
“But my son should have it.”
“He’s not even your biological son.”
“Teacher, you are the only son. “At least give me a proper funeral.”
Yoo Ji-eun said calmly.
“Without a body?”
“Did you see Hunter holding a funeral with a corpse?”
I kept my mouth shut because it was true.
Yoo Ji-eun was silent for a while. With his eyes closed, he looked like a corpse.
I started talking out of fear.
“I won’t hold a funeral for Hunter Yoo Ji-eun, so don’t die.”
“young. Even if you say it, definitely.”
“Don’t die.”
“Is that what I want? “It’s good just to be alive until now.”
Yoo Ji-eun coughed and vomited black lumps along with blood.
“hey.”
“… … .”
“Woo Hee-jae.”
“… … .”
“Heejae.”
“… why.”
“Let me see your face.”
Yoo Ji-eun, the head of the headquarters and my adoptive father’s favorite student, smiled even as she was dying.
“Do you remember when you were little and followed me around, calling me your older sister?”
“When does that become an enemy…?” .”
“It was cute at the time, but when my hair got a little bigger, I started to feel nauseous… .”
Yoo Ji-eun grinned and laughed.
“Heejae.”
No matter what I did, the bleeding couldn’t be stopped. The bleeding doesn’t stop. There are no more potions anymore.
“Look over there.”
“I’m keeping my mouth shut.”
“If you look over there.”
“I told you to shut up.”
“I have my sword.”
“I’ll call you sister again, so shut up…” .”
“I know you follow the teacher and use the spear, but you can still keep it. “It’s good.”
I raised my head and saw Yoo Ji-eun.
Yoo Ji-eun smiled brightly. Even though more than ten years have passed, Yoo Ji-eun’s face still resembles that of the high school girl I first met.
“You live.”
Those were Yoo Ji-eun’s last words.
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