#Episode 18
At that moment, Jin Shi-hoo was coming to Yoon Young-soo’s mind.
He is definitely strong. There is a high probability that he will be able to save Jin Song-i now. Also, we can confirm his power in the process.
Killing two birds with one stone, I couldn’t help but furrow my brow as the words came to mind.
He shook his head.
Not yet.
Compared to when they cleared the Baekdu Mountain Gate, the level of the Awakened has grown exponentially. The same goes for Jinsong.
If it’s Jin Song now, he can definitely clear the SS-level gate. It’s not yet at the level where he can tell Jin Shihou. Yoon Young-soo said.
“Get a plane ready. A plane that can fly straight to America.”
-yes.
It was just as the call was about to end.
-Uh… … Wait… … Just a moment, Director.
“why?”
-The gate’s… … measurement value has gone up further.
I swallowed hard.
What the hell is going on right now?
Yoon Young-soo asked as calmly as possible.
“How much?”
-40,000… … 8,000. It’s exactly 10 times the value that was changed earlier.
I suddenly stood up from my seat.
A gate with that number has never appeared before.
If we had to measure it, it would be SSS-grade?
That’s when I was thinking that.
– Sir… … This is strange. It’s going up from 48,000. It’s continuing… … to go up.
That was enough.
No, anything more than this was unnecessary.
“Just hang up. I’ll call you back.”
Yoon Young-soo hung up the phone and took a deep breath.
There was no reason to think any more.
I can’t even imagine what might be happening inside the gate right now.
48 thousand, it’s going up from the level of SSS-class gate? What is this?
Needless to say.
If I hesitate for a moment, just a moment, and Jinsong dies, I don’t have the confidence to live in this world any longer.
Yoon Young-soo made a phone call right away. As soon as the dial tone ended, he asked.
“Where are you now?”
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It’s a really ambiguous issue.
When the problem you are trying to solve is widespread in the world, it is usually called a ‘big problem’ or a ’cause’.
Is it really right to sacrifice a cow for that cause?
If they fight in the middle of the city like what happened a while ago, the damage would be beyond imagination. They could isolate the space themselves, like in Kim Min-jae’s case, but I don’t like it.
The gate is strictly speaking an isolated space. Who cares if you break the ground and do something in such a place?
Will there never be another time in the future when I take them inside the gate and kill them?
That can’t be happening. It’s going to happen at least three or four times.
So I need to figure out how much power the gate can accommodate. I’ve already done A-class. S-class, SS-class, and even higher, SSS-class.
I have to clear it at least once. Then I can safely kill the doppelgangers.
There is an S-class gate nearby now.
But that gate belongs to another guild. That guild used various means to clear that gate. Money, connections, everything.
I think it’s a bit much for me to intercept that in the middle.
I’m not that much of a thug.
I’ll have to clear the gate later.
Thinking so, I took a step forward.
It was very light.
Should I say I’m going for a walk?
I walked for about 2 hours straight. The world has changed a lot. There are a lot of people.
‘Cheongju has grown quite a bit.’
In the old days, there weren’t this many people.
Then I felt a sense of urgency.
I’m hungry. I ate some pork belly, but it wasn’t enough.
I was thinking that it was time to go home and eat some chicken.
My pocket vibrates.
It was the watch that Yoon Young-soo had given me earlier.
Why is that thing that the 200th apostle used while pretending to be me ringing?
Did anyone call?
I was about to just hang up, but then I flinched when I saw the sender’s name.
Should I say this out of the blue? It’s been a while since we broke up.
It hasn’t even been an hour since I came from Gyeongbuk to Cheongju.
First, I pressed the call button.
And I was a little surprised by his tone.
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-Where are you now?
I should say it looks very urgent.
Is something wrong?
“I’m going home now. Why?”
-Do you remember what you said back then? You told me to contact you if anything happened to the Master.
“I remember.”
-The Master is in danger now.
“… … .”
-The gate that the Master entered is now experiencing fluctuations. The measurements are at an all-time high. They are still increasing in real time.
I thought for a moment and then asked.
“Where are you?”
How the gate changed, what was inside, those things were none of my concern. Only one thing mattered: My sister was in danger.
– This is Texas, USA. I am currently looking for an awakened person who can teleport straight to the USA. I can get one in 5 minutes. I will go to where Mr. Jin Shi-hoo is living.
I shook my head. Five minutes is too long.
“Just look carefully and adjust the direction.”
-……yes?
“If it’s America, you can just go east from here, right?”
-……yes.
He kicked the seat right away.
Kwaaaaang-!!
There was a loud noise and my body was instantly thrown forward.
-What… What is this?
The surrounding environment changed in real time.
Now I was at sea.
I stepped on the sea and kept kicking.
Everywhere my feet touch, a huge explosion occurs, as if some underwater volcano has erupted.
-… … Is that the ‘Sendai Tower’?
“What is Sendai Tower?”
-… … 8 years ago, a B-class gate appeared in Sendai, Japan. The gate caused a break, and Japan mobilized the ‘army’ to eradicate all the monsters in Sendai. This is a tower built to commemorate that, and I just saw it. And now you are in the Pacific. The control center must be in chaos.
As I said before, five minutes is a long time. If I go all out, it takes me less than five minutes to go around the Earth.
I poured mana into my legs.
The earth is folding. Countless lands appear to my eyes like dots. Compressed and wide.
I kicked the seat lightly.
My body penetrated space.
On Titan, this technique was called ‘Shrinkage’.
-… … The signal keeps dropping out, but it seems okay for now. Keep going. I’ll guide you.
He kicked the seat again.
That’s how I set foot on American soil.
It was my first trip abroad without a passport.
#Chapter 5
The internal structure was very simple.
After passing through the gate and entering inside, the first thing you notice is that this is a cave.
And there is a huge entrance right in front of you.
You came here through that entrance, and there are no other entrances anywhere else. That means if you completely block one entrance, no one else will be harmed.
A wave of black mana stretched out in front of Jinsong-i. Jinsong-i stretched out her hand.
A huge curtain opens up before our eyes.
Kwaaaaang-!!
once.
Kwaaaaang-!!
Two times, three times, four times.
Almost ten waves in succession struck the curtain, but it remained intact.
[Great Wall], the skill mainly used by Jinsongi.
It is a SS-grade, legendary skill.
It wasn’t something that a ghost or something could penetrate.
Jinsong’s eyes lit up.
Usually there is a boss monster at the gate.
The same goes for this place where ghosts haunt.
There was a Ghost King here. There should have been one, but given the circumstances, there were probably at least ten.
They’re the ones attacking now. Their officially known skill name is ‘Dark Wave’.
Jinsong wasn’t scared. Rather, she was relaxed. After collecting [Great Wall], she slowly put both hands in her pockets. Five spheres rose around her.
Jinsong’s gaze scans the surroundings. The number of ghosts is exactly 829.
King is 11.
Immediately the sphere of light began to emit light.
It happened really quickly.
Crunch crunch-!!
829 ghosts are torn to pieces with an eerie sound.
The 11 Ghost Kings were no exception.
What was different was that while regular ghosts would disappear into thin air as if a piece of cloth had been torn apart, the Ghost King’s blood, bones, and even organs were torn from thin air.
Ghosts originally had no form. But King did not. King had a form. Each one was different, but there were forms such as an orc’s body, a human’s body, and so on.
According to information known to the world, the Ghost King completely takes over the body of his opponent.
This was a unique characteristic of the Ghost King, completely different from the typical ghosts being possessed by dreams or voices.
And that wasn’t all.
Once again, the space in front is rippling.
It’s a ghost.
The number is estimated to be in the thousands.
I frowned. There were too many. Where were the ghosts hiding?
Jinsong straightened her back.
The spheres surround Jinsongi.
The ghosts and Ghost Kings flying from afar flinch. I’d say there are more than a thousand, but I don’t know the exact number. I don’t really care how much it is.
Kwaaaaaaaang-!!
Five beams of light cut through the ghosts in an instant. It was a hidden move of Jinsong that amplified the mana of each light sphere and blew up everything it touched.
The level up sound continues to ring along with the ringing sound.
There are as many as five.
Considering that leveling up isn’t easy, this was quite a feat.
Jinsong-i, who had once again cut down all the ghosts in front of her, quietly closed one eye. Then she quietly muttered to herself.
‘clairvoyance.’
Clairvoyance is a skill that creates a third eye in another place, allowing you to see far away. It is also a skill that Jinsong-i often uses.
One of his closed eyes opens. What he sees before him are the Awakened ones standing in front of the gate with anxious expressions.
You’re safe. That gave me peace of mind.
Jin Song-i opened her eyes again and focused on what was in front of her.
To be exact, I tried to concentrate.
I didn’t know when the monster wave would end. I had to kill all the ghosts that came. As expected, the ghosts and Ghost King appeared again before my eyes.
“… … .”
I’m speechless.
The reason was simple: the monsters were just standing there.
If it were normal, I would have been surprised by this.
But this wasn’t why Jinsong was really surprised.
Right in front of your nose.
About 50cm. There was a man in front of him.
Jinsong knows who that man is.
I couldn’t help but know.
Because we came through this gate together.
John Marcel.
He was now in the middle of the monsters, looking so relaxed.
“Ms. Jinsong, I’d like to ask you exactly three questions.”
“… … What is this situation right now?”
“Sorry, I’ll ask the questions. Jin Song-i, just answer. Let’s not waste time. Okay, my questions are simple. First, where is ‘Jin Shi-hou’?”
My eyebrows are furrowed. Jin Shi-hoo?
“No, I shouldn’t ask like this. Where is the ‘200th Apostle’?”
