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Khuu …
The roar of the white tiger caused the waves of Baekdu Mountain’s Heavenly Pond to shake violently. Birds around the lake flew up in surprise, and monsters shrank their necks like giraffes.
Crackle. Crackle!
As Baekho took each step, ice froze where his footprints left off. Baekho’s breath turned into white frost.
Krrrrrr…
Baekho was the master of heaven and earth. Originally a spirit of the martial arts world, he came to Earth and settled here in Baekdu Mountain.
The divine energy flowing through the heavens and earth suited Baekho well. In the past few years, Baekho’s body size has doubled.
If a few more years pass like this, Baekho may shed his current form and become an even more powerful being, just like the snake that becomes a dragon.
“Hey. Look how shiny that fur is.”
···If only I hadn’t met the human who just appeared in the world, the landlord.
Baekho, who felt both discomfort and a sense of crisis from the gaze of the great man, roared once again.
Khuu …
A roar that literally shook the heavens and the earth.
With this roar and a few fights, Baekho defeated the powerful monsters in heaven and earth and reigned as the king of this place.
But the man who was now facing Baekho only slightly frowned.
“Why are you yelling so loudly?”
The man walked briskly towards the white tiger. He did not raise his sword. He did not want to damage the precious white tiger skin.
Krrrrrr···!
The white tiger, sensing that his opponent was formidable, lowered his posture and showed his teeth. It was a posture just before he pounced on his prey.
Ssssssssut.
The white tiger’s protruding claws were covered in pure white energy.
If the martial artists had seen that sight, they would have been shocked and turned over.
Because it had the shape of a strong spirit, even if it was a little awkward.
At the same time, a fearsome aura rose from the white tiger’s body. It was not the energy built up through the mind method like a human, but only the energy that had been accumulated and condensed over a long period of time from pure natural energy.
The movements of the white tiger, which had accumulated that much energy, were no less than those of a master.
Thud-!
The white tiger’s claws leapt forward as if they were exploding, aiming for the great man. Up until now, there have been more than a few monsters that have been torn apart by those claws.
Baekho was confident that this attack would tear his opponent apart.
But the human in front of him was not afraid, but rather smiled happily.
“I think the interior will be pretty solid as well.”
-Bam!
With a heavy impact, Baekho felt as if the world had been turned upside down. Otherwise, there would be no sky on the ground.
Kuung!
Baekho’s body rotated 180 degrees at the man’s uppercut and then fell to the ground.
“Look at this? It was a decisive attack, but he didn’t die?”
The man approached, clenching and unclenching his cold fist. The tiger, who barely managed to raise his body, stepped back hesitantly.
Squeak···.
The majesty that the Lord of Heaven and Earth had exuded was no longer there. As a spirit, Baekho was quick-witted, and one hit was enough to know that the opponent was far stronger than him.
The white tiger opened its mouth wide. A white, frosty breath came out of its mouth. It was like the wind used by ice masters.
As soon as he exhaled, Baekho turned around and ran away. He was the master of heaven and earth, and he had to survive first.
“Hey! Stop right there!”
Baekho ran down Baekdu Mountain at a terrifying speed. The beasts and monsters gave way to the ferocious aura he exuded.
But after a while, Baekho noticed a small human blocking his path. It was a small female human with red hair and eyes.
Khuu …
The white tiger roared urgently. But today, the white tiger’s roar had no effect.
Lily, who was eating wild strawberries with her mouth full, turned to Baekho and opened her eyes wide.
“That’s a huge meow!”
Kyaaaaah!
The little raccoon in the girl’s arms roared at Baekho. It seemed as if he felt that the other person might threaten his position.
But Malrang’s worries were unfounded. Before he knew it, the man who had been chasing Baekho had caught his tail.
“Whoaap!”
The man’s arm muscles bulged out.
During the month I spent in North Korea, I gained strength by hunting down and eating all the spirits that were good for my body.
Ugh! Ugh!
The white tiger roared desperately. He wanted to cry.
If only I had just a few more years, I could have become a divine being···!
That was the last thought of Baekho. The great man grabbed Baekho’s tail and lifted him up. Baekho, who had been floating into the sky, fell headfirst onto the ground on the other side.
-Kwaaaaang!
The white tiger passed out after receiving a massive blow to the skull. That was the end of it. The great man used his internal regenerative method to destroy the white tiger’s brain.
Lily, who arrived late, shouted.
“Don’t kill the cat! Let’s raise it at home!”
The man shook his head.
“How do you raise something this big at home?”
In fact, if you are building a house now, you can grow plants in the yard, but you cannot just collect the spirits.
“You can’t tame a puppy unless you raise it from the time it’s a puppy.”
It was better for a man to take care of his belongings rather than raise a difficult-to-manage spirit.
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“Eek···.”
Lily had a sullen expression, and Malang let out a triumphant roar toward the white tiger sprawled on the floor.
The man skillfully dismantled the white tiger. He peeled off the skin while maintaining its original shape as much as possible, and assembled the bones into a skeleton.
“meat!”
Lily, who had been looking at Meow with pitiful eyes just a moment ago, suddenly changed her attitude and gulped as soon as she saw the fresh meat.
The man cut the meat into appropriate sizes and put it in a ziploc bag.
“The highlight is definitely my inner self.”
As he dug deep into the stomach of the white tiger, he found a pure white lining like snow. The man took it out and examined it carefully.
Ssssssssut.
The inner chamber, which was the size of a fist, contained an incredible coldness. The coldness that was visible on the outside was not that strong, but the energy condensed inside was tremendous.
In the martial arts world, this type of internal strife is called Bingjeong (氷晶).
But the man had an indifferent expression.
“I can’t eat this.”
For martial artists who have mastered the Ice Ball, Ice Crystal is a better elixir than Daehwandan, but it is of no use to great people.
You can eat it if you want, but the efficiency is greatly reduced.
Besides, the Great Man had passed the stage of increasing his internal energy through internal medicine or elixirs. He was at a level where he could not fully utilize what he had.
Of course, that doesn’t mean that icebergs are worthless.
“I should take it to the martial arts world and sell it for a high price.”
Alternatively, it could be used as a means of exchange.
‘There are many crazy people in the martial arts world who risk their lives for just one thing.’
The man, who had carefully packed everything from leather to ice into his bag, called out to Lily, who was crouching in front of Baekho.
“Kid. Let’s go down.”
“I’m sorry, Kitty… But you were delicious.”
There was a little soot on the corner of Lily’s lips as she whispered softly.
“Have you eaten something roasted in the meantime?”
“A little bit···.”
The man sighed and wiped the soot from the corner of Lily’s mouth with a wet tissue.
After a while, the two left Baekdu Mountain and flew to Pyongyang.
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A month has passed since the Daein group arrived in North Korea.
The appearance of Pyongyang had changed surprisingly much.
Bustling and bustling.
As the population recovered to the tens of thousands, the city that had been ruined by the spirits was starting to turn into a place worth living in.
‘It was great that they quickly absorbed the warlords.’
Beginning with Kang Jeong-taek, who formed the largest warlord, Dae-in kidnapped the leaders of each warlord and brought them to Lee Cheol-jun.
They either swore allegiance to Ri Cheol-jun or were executed, and their forces were completely absorbed by Ri Cheol-jun.
Lee Cheol-jun’s power had grown enormously in an instant, and was now firmly established.
‘But it’s still a long way from taking shape as a city.’
The man flew across the sky and looked at Pyongyang.
Construction was still underway across the city, but some things were different than they had been a few weeks ago.
It was said that vehicles, heavy equipment, and specialized personnel sent by the South Korean government were visible everywhere.
“Seoul fathers! Eat some potatoes!”
“Okay, thank you.”
It was an awkward and amusing sight to see citizens from North and South Korea working together, something that would have been unimaginable even a month ago.
Three weeks ago, Whitehouse relayed news of Pyongyang’s recapture to the government, and Ri Chol-jun formally requested aid.
President Kim Soo-ho decided to send relief supplies and personnel to Pyongyang as a priority.
Here, some of the guilds in Seoul also dispatched superhumans. Of course, most of what they wanted was already taken by White House.
The man looked at the city and thought.
‘It was going to happen like this after a few years anyway. It just got a little faster.’
Of course, the relationship between the South and the North will become much smoother than the future that Dae-in knew.
At that time, the one who took over the North Korean regime was Kang Jeong-taek, who was protected by China, and now the one who took over the regime is Ri Chol-jun.
“older brother-!”
“Team···leader···!”
Just then, two huge masses appeared flying in the sky far away on the opposite side.
It was a demonized rice cake and a rock-turned-Wang Guho. The rice cake was flying while holding onto the shoulder of the Wang Guho with its claws.
Both of them were transformed and stood out. The North Korean citizens who discovered them cheered.
“Comrade Yellow Turban History!”
“Look here, please!”
Despite their fierce appearances, the two were hugely popular stars in Pyongyang.
Every time a monster appears, it is defeated with overwhelming power and visuals, so people couldn’t help but like it.
“Wow!”
The cheers of Pyongyang citizens reached the two. They circled the sky, waving their hands shyly around. The cheers grew louder.
As he watched the two large, distracted men do that, Dae-in somehow felt even more ashamed of himself.
“···Let’s go down quickly and avoid that set menu.”
However, the two men, Daein and Lily, received just as much cheers.
There was no one in Pyongyang who didn’t know the WH-7 team.
Rescue refugees. Slay monsters. Treat the injured.
We’ve all been helped by them at least once.
“Brother! I just swept away all the monsters that looked strong in the west.”
“I also found a new magic stone mine.”
The set menu, with its shoulders shrugged, approached the two and spoke. The man said, “Okay, so walk away.”
Because···.
“Superhumans. Excuse me, but could you help me out? We’re short on manpower at the site over there…”
“Yes? Yes···.”
The man quietly turned away from the two cows being dragged to the slaughterhouse, hiding in the shadows.
“Comrade Lily! Do you want to play gravel together?”
Lily was herded out with the neighborhood kids.
“Come in until dinner time!”
The man shouted at Lily’s already shrinking back and went into the newly built government building alone.
North Korean officials who were busy coming and going bowed their heads to greet the man. No one could ignore him, who was close to Ri Chol-jun.
‘This is the taste of power.’
The man chuckled and headed to his lodgings next to the government building.
‘I’ve caught all the spirits, including the white tiger of Baekdu Mountain, and found all the mines… I think it’s time to go back.’
Then the man discovered someone waiting in front of his room. It was a familiar green face.
“Kiri?”
An alien race with skin the color of broccoli looked at the man and nodded.
“This is Siri, Landlord. It’s been a while!”
He was Kiri’s younger brother, Siri. He was a member of the Lorou tribe who was saved by Daiin in the past while resolving the second disaster, and he regarded Daiin as his savior after that.
However, the person himself could not even tell the difference between his brother and younger brother’s faces.
“Oh, okay. Let’s go inside first.”
The man invited Siri into his room. They sat across from each other in the room.
“What brings you here?”
“I came here with the engineers of the tribe. We decided to connect the gateway between cities here… Didn’t you hear?”
“iced coffee.”
The man nodded as if he had just remembered.
Even the person who first proposed this plan was Daein.
“I see it’s finally been approved. So you came here to build the gateway yourself?”
“Yes. I would like to meet your Majesty, too.”
The Lorou tribe was a race that possessed dimension travel technology.
The gateway technology that allowed them to move within the Earth wasn’t that great of a technology to them.
“With a short-range gateway of this distance, it won’t take long.”
Of course, considering the weight limit that could be moved at one time and the magic stones that would be consumed, it was not possible to use the gateway at will.
‘But just connecting the two cities would be a huge deal.’
In the future, Pyongyang will develop at a frightening pace with Seoul’s help.
And Seoul will change under its influence. Soon, the superhumans of the two cities will share hunting grounds and carry out operations together.
‘After we recover the entire country, we can meet the races from other dimensions from an advantageous position.’
It has to be that way.
It would have taken nearly 20 years if things had gone as planned, but the man intended to shorten the distance to the future he knew as much as possible.
I know the shortcut, so there’s no need to go back.
But to handle that future, Korea’s superhumans had to become stronger.
‘That way, we can minimize side effects.’
The man asked Siri as if something had come to mind.
“How about the Dimension Terminal?”
Although the Lorou tribe shared a lot of technology with the Korean government, the construction of the dimensional terminal was carried out in utmost secrecy.
Currently, the only people who knew about the Dimensional Terminal were Daein, the King of the Loro Tribe, a few technicians, Abraxas, and Lily.
Siri said with a grin.
“I was going to tell you this. I have some good news.”
“Good news?”
Even as he asked that question, the man could guess what Siri was going to say.
Because there’s only one piece of good news to come out of here.
“I have succeeded in connecting the dimensional gate to Murim.”
As expected, it was as expected.
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