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It’s been ten days since the four guilds let their superhumans through the gate.
With the gate in the background, a female reporter was reporting on the situation at the scene.
“This is the gate in Jongno-gu, Seoul. The four guild alliance punitive forces that entered there ten days ago have not yet returned. Experts generally predict their annihilation.”
The reporter turned the microphone to the man next to him.
“Then let’s invite a government official and hear their story.”
Next to the reporter stood a pale-faced government official who had sent four guilds into the dungeon ten days ago.
“No, hello.”
The reporter was fast from the start.
“Public opinion is strongly criticizing the government’s poor predictions and response as the cause of this accident. What do you think?”
“We, too, are doing our best. But we are still in the process of trial and error···.”
The government official’s answer, sweating profusely, sounded like nothing more than a lame excuse.
The reporter moved on to the next question.
This time it was a heavy fact bomb.
“I heard that there was friction during the gate entry process. Is it true that the operation time was changed without notice and the operation was disrupted?”
The government official’s expression became even more pale. If he had been caught in this atmosphere, he would have been finished.
“T, T, that’s groundless! That was adjusted after the four guilds reached an agreement···.”
The reporter tilted his head.
“That’s strange. According to the information sent by Whitehouse···.”
“That, that···.”
The scene of government officials sweating profusely and making excuses was broadcast live on TV.
Baek Young-hee looked at the scene while biting her fingernails.
“······.”
Although they had a satisfying revenge on the son of a bitch who had screwed them over, Baek Yeong-hee was not happy at all.
This was because the 7 teams that entered the dungeon had not returned yet.
Because she had stayed up all night for the past few days, Baek Yeong-hee’s face was indescribable.
At that moment, there was a hand tapping Baek Young-hee’s shoulder.
“Younghee, don’t worry too much.”
He was the 2nd team leader of the White House Guild. His name was Bang Woo-hyuk.
“uncle···.”
Since Baek Chang-soo and Bang Woo-hyuk were like brothers, Baek Young-hee called Bang Woo-hyuk her uncle.
Bang Woo-hyuk said with a gentle smile.
“Uncle will come and save the kids from Team 7.”
With Team 1 out on a long-term mission, Team 2 was the best of the White House Guild. They were the type of force that could conquer an A-class dungeon on their own.
In other words, it was a considerable risk to invest this much power into a dungeon whose true nature was unknown.
But Baek Chang-soo and Bang Woo-hyuk were not men who worried about such things.
That’s why, out of the four guilds, only the White House Guild decided to send a rescue team.
Bang Woo-hyuk looked around at his team members and shouted.
“We’ll be moving in in 5 minutes! Everyone, do your final checks and report back!”
“”ancient!””
The White House 2 team moved in unison.
They were all seasoned veterans. They moved like well-meshed gears without any special instructions and were ready in an instant.
The reporters who flocked there took pictures of them.
Maybe this photo would be the last we would see of them.
“Phew···.”
Bang Woo-hyuk took a few deep breaths to relieve his tension.
And the moment he was about to take a step towards the gate,
Woof woof woof woof!
The gate suddenly began to vibrate violently.
Bang Woo-hyuk quickly stepped back and pulled out his spear.
“Prepare for battle!!”
When something passes through the gate, the degree of vibration increases in proportion to the volume and weight of the object.
Woof woof woof woof!
Bang Woo-hyuk muttered with a stern face.
“If there’s this much vibration, it must be quite heavy and large… Everyone, step back!”
It wasn’t just the White House 2 team.
The guns and muskets of the troops surrounding the gate were loaded simultaneously.
Woof woof woof woof!
Everyone looked at the gate with nervous faces.
After a while, what came out of the gate was,
It was a guild vehicle that was far over its loading capacity.
“what···!”
“What is all that?”
Vehicles twice as high as the main body, loaded down with loot boxes so high that their roofs were caved in, creaking out of the gate.
One. Two. Three.
After all the vehicles laden with loot had pulled out, people began to walk out one by one.
Most of them had a dazed expression on their faces, as if they had just woken up.
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“Why am I here…?”
“I remember getting stung by a bee···.”
“I keep hearing a whistle ringing in my ears…”
As everyone was stunned by the unexpected turn of events, a reporter who was interviewing a government official snatched the microphone from him and shouted.
“Do you see that figure over there? The superhumans we thought were missing are back! The logo on the vehicle! It’s the White House Guild! And you can see the survivors behind the vehicle!”
Numerous flashes went off at the same time.
Click! Click! Click! Click!
The miraculous return of people most people thought were dead.
There was no material more worthy of the front page than this.
At the very end of the returning procession, a landlord with a dull expression walked out.
On the man’s back was a sleeping Lily, and behind him was Wang Guho, pulling a cart.
Bang Woo-hyuk shouted when he discovered the landlord.
“Team Leader Lim!”
And Baek Young-hee showed it with actions rather than words.
“Team Leader!”
Baek Young-hee ran out without anyone being able to stop her and hugged the landlord tightly.
No, I tried to hug you.
The landlord frowned as he saw Baek Young-hee running towards him.
“what?”
As the landlord dodged to the side, Baek Yeong-hee ended up hugging Wang Gu-ho, who was behind him, instead of him.
“omg···.”
“ah···.”
Wang Guho’s body was petrified in another sense.
And at that moment, dozens of flashes went off simultaneously.
Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Click!
It was the moment when the photo that would make the next day’s news headlines was decided.
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Since getting in the car, Baek Young-hee has been grumbling.
“This is really too much. What if I dodge at that timing!”
I was leaning back comfortably on the car seat.
The ride quality is the best when driven by driver Park Young-bae.
“What should I do when it suddenly rushes at me? My superhuman instincts are telling me to avoid it.”
“But don’t embarrass people…!”
Wang Gu-ho, who was sitting in the corner, muttered with a sullen face at those words.
“I’m sorry. I embarrassed you because of me…”
“Oh, no, that’s not it!”
I watched Baek Yeong-hee make excuses to Wang Gu-ho for a moment, then turned my head and looked at the little boy who was sleeping, leaning against my shoulder.
Crisp, crunchy.
The little boy was sleeping soundly, oblivious to the world.
It seemed like he had used up a lot of strength while fighting the soul devourer, as he seemed to have slept for 12 hours a day since that day.
It seems like the ball has become a bit thinner.
“I need to go back and feed it some more.”
At that moment, the little boy’s ears perked up.
···Isn’t this not sleeping?
I looked at the kid with a suspicious gaze for a while,
The little one was sleeping soundly, even drooling.
So that was just a conditioned reflex?
“Ugh. It really is a hit.”
I wiped the little one’s spit with my sleeve and turned my head out the window.
Before we knew it, the sun was slowly setting and numerous vehicles were following us.
Not only the guild vehicles, but also the press vehicles that followed me to somehow get a single interview from me.
Of course, all interviews were declined.
Earlier, Team Leader Bang Woo-hyuk took care of it without me having to step in.
“Treatment and recovery of the injured comes first!”
Of course, our country’s reporters would not give up on something like that,
“One word! One word is enough!”
“What happened in there!?”
“Mr. Wang Gu-ho! What is your relationship with Ms. Baek Yeong-hee!!”
Bang Woo-hyuk aimed his spear blade at the reporters rushing towards him and roared loudly.
“Didn’t I say no!!!”
···For a moment, I thought I was seeing a general from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
The reporters were overwhelmed by Bang Woo-hyuk’s momentum and sat down, while we were in the car heading back to the guild.
“Hmm-.”
I yawned, perhaps because I was returning to a familiar and comfortable place.
Even though I didn’t use my body much, I was quite tired just from going to the dungeon once.
I’ve earned a lot of money this time, so I think I should ask for a week’s vacation.
Let’s get some rest first, and then go to a hot spring or something with the kid.
Then something outside the window caught my eye.
No way…
I looked back at Baek Yeong-hee and asked.
“Younghee. Did it rain today?”
Baek Young-hee shook her head.
“No. It’s been clear for several days.”
“······.”
When I turned my head again and looked out the window in silence, Baek Young-hee followed my gaze and said, “Ah.”
“Is that why you’re like that?”
There was a rainbow where Baek Yeong-hee pointed with her finger.
Even though it was already past afternoon and well into night, the rainbow was still shining clearly.
…That’s not a natural phenomenon.
“It must have appeared three days ago. Isn’t that strange?”
Three days···.
Well, it’s about time it started.
“That’s right. That’s interesting.”
I nodded, looking at the signs of the first disaster,
I’m not sure of the exact date.
What is certain is that the day all the colors of the rainbow disappear, disaster will begin.
Slurp.
Already, the red band of the rainbow was fading.
“···It’ll probably take about a month.”
“What is it?”
“There is something like that.”
When that rainbow completely disappears, hundreds of gates appear simultaneously on the ground.
The city is destroyed by an overwhelming onslaught, the army is annihilated, and countless people are killed.
It’s a total disaster.
At that time, I was trapped in a bunker and fought against the monsters that were advancing for three days and nights.
Just when I thought I was dead and helpless, the fight finally ended.
Things are different now than they were then.
I am stronger than I was back then, and I belong to a big guild.
Next to me, the little boy who had turned Seoul into a sea of fire was sleeping soundly.
“And this damn clock too.”
I looked at the watch on my left wrist.
I am extending my grand goal of transformation indefinitely.
A guy who swallowed up the massive magical power of the soul stone.
On my way back from the dungeon, I did everything I could to find out who this guy was.
And finally I figured it out.
That is to say, some of the patterns on the watch face act as buttons.
As I was looking at my watch, Baek Young-hee asked with a curious look on her face.
“Why the clock?”
“…Shall I show you something fun?”
As I lightly stroked the face of the watch,
Chorrrrrr!
The metal of the watch spread out and formed a gauntlet that wrapped around my left hand.
It was the first stage of transformation.
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