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< Was it you? >
“Wow! I didn’t know there was such a wonderful lake in a place like this!”
Baek Chang-soo had already exclaimed in admiration several times.
Before our eyes, an emerald lake spread out like a painting.
“When I come to the great outdoors, my spirit wells up!”
Baek Chang-soo took off his shirt and jumped into the lake.
with a plop!
A middle-aged man with muscles as strong as iron showed off his swimming skills like a swallow swimming in water.
It seemed like he had already forgotten about the fishing story. Judging from the fishing rod he had thrown to the side.
I was lying down on a mat under the parasol, enjoying some leisurely time.
It’s still summer.
It was a season when the midday sun was warm.
And next to me, a little girl in a yellow one-piece swimsuit sat slurping her drink through a straw.
“Wow… Why are there so many delicious things on Earth?”
You can’t contain your emotions over just a glass of soda.
I said, lowering my sunglasses slightly.
“If you eat too much of that, your teeth will rot.”
“But it’s delicious···.”
“Are you going to eat something more delicious for dinner later?”
“Really?!”
“Stop eating that.”
The kid pushed the soda aside.
I sat up, stretched, yawned, and walked leisurely toward the lake.
After the party we were given a week off.
The first thing I did when I got my vacation was to invite Baek Chang-soo to this lake.
This was a lake beyond the restricted area.
It was a unique space created when the dimensional distortion that occurred during the First Gate caused other worlds and spaces to become mixed together.
The reason I invited Baek Chang-soo here is…
“I’m the team leader~.”
When I turned around at the sound of a nasal voice, Baek Young-hee, dressed in a bikini, was calling me with seductive gestures.
No, there’s a parasol in place, so why are you lying down on a mat under the blazing sun?
The reason was soon revealed.
“Could you put some tanning oil on my back? I can’t reach it with my hands.”
I showed her by snorting and touching her back.
“I usually work on my flexibility. Look at that. I can reach my back with my hands.”
Baek Young-hee narrowed her eyes and glared at me.
“I really hate you! Can’t you just apply some?”
“If you want to be honest, ask the kids who come over there.”
I pointed to two servants coming from a distance carrying large bags.
After a while, Sirutteok and Wangguho arrived where we were.
“Brother! We’re here!”
Sirutteok greeted me brightly, then opened her mouth in surprise when she saw Baek Yeong-hee in a bikini.
“omg···.”
It seems that Baek Young-hee has a great body that even temporary eunuchs are impressed by.
Baek Young-hee stood up from her seat, wrapping a flowing shawl around her shoulders.
“hello.”
“Ma, it’s an honor to meet you!”
But that doesn’t mean it’s an honor…
Sirutteok shook hands with Baek Yeong-hee, then looked back and forth between her and me, and made an expression as if he had realized something.
Why are you suddenly looking at me with such respect?
“I truly respect you, brother!”
“···Don’t misunderstand me. Let’s set up dinner later. Did you bring all the ingredients?”
Sirutteok answered more loudly than usual.
“yes!!”
Then, he took Wang Gu-ho, who couldn’t find a place to put his eyes, and started building an outdoor kitchen in no time.
Baek Young-hee came up to me and asked.
“Who is that person?”
“He is a poet···”
At that time, Sirutteok introduced himself.
“My name is Kim Min-jae, sister-in-law! My nickname is Sirutteok! Sister-in-law, please feel free to call me Sirutteok!”
In an instant, a bright smile appeared on Baek Young-hee’s face.
“Oh, Minjae. Nice to meet you. My name is Baek Yeonghee. I’m the team leader’s secretary. And… We’re not that close yet.”
I laughed in vain as I watched Baek Young-hee twist her body around in embarrassment.
It sounds like ‘yet’.
“Sirutteok. If you say ‘sister-in-law’ one more time, your nickname will change.”
Sirutteok looked at me with a face full of anticipation.
“What, brother?”
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I spoke softly, sending a faint glare at the sirutteok.
“Blood. Rice. Rice. Ew.”
In that moment, Sirutteok’s face turned pale.
“Eek!”
And then I walked back to the lake.
In the lake, Baek Chang-su was leisurely enjoying the backstroke.
I thought it would go to the center of the lake on its own even if I just stayed still.
Baek Chang-soo surprisingly didn’t go far and just hovered around the area.
I felt like I had to take her myself.
I swam and got close to Baekchangsu.
“Representative!”
Baek Chang-soo turned his head at my voice.
“Huh? But why? Team Leader Lim.”
I pointed to the other side of the lake with my finger.
And Baek Chang-soo made an offer that he absolutely could not refuse.
“Who will go from here to the end first? Do you want to have a swimming race with me?”
This embodiment of competitive spirit never turned down a challenge.
“I’ll deal with you as much as you want!!”
Baek Chang-soo came right next to me and took a stance.
I showed him the pebble I had picked up from the lakeside.
“When this stone falls on the water, it starts to move.”
And he threw the stone high into the sky.
Whoosh!
The stone, which had risen to a height of more than ten meters, began to fall downwards according to the law of gravity.
Baek Chang-soo’s two eyes were already nailed to the stone.
The moment the surface of the stone touches the water surface,
-Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwa!
Baek Chang-su crossed the lake, creating a huge splash.
I followed Baek Chang-su at a reasonable pace and admired him.
“It’s really fast.”
Among the monsters known as the first awakeners, there is probably no one who surpasses Baek Chang-soo in physical ability.
Even though he was only a swimmer, Baek Chang-soo gave it his all. An incredible amount of magical power emanated from his entire body.
Thanks to you, today’s fishing was a success.
When Baek Chang-su reached the middle of the lake,
Kurrururur!
The water suddenly began to get rough, and a whirlpool formed in the center of the lake.
And then something like a huge pillar emerged from the water and struck Baek Chang-su.
-Pfft!
The water exploded tens of meters in all directions, obscuring visibility.
After a while, where the water droplets that exploded settled,
A giant octopus-shaped monster appeared in the middle of the lake.
The monster that lives in this lake.
The kraken was lured by the bait.
But the being that had just been bait was also one of the greatest monster hunters on Earth.
“How dare you-!!”
Puhwaaaaak!
Baek Chang-soo pulled himself out of the water, stepped on the Kraken’s legs in one breath, and jumped up to head height.
Wooooow!
A huge amount of mana was gathered in his fist.
The fist of the superhuman known as the monster struck the head of the real monster.
-Pfft!
In a single blow, the Kraken’s massive body staggered.
But Baek Chang-soo’s attack was only just beginning.
-Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap!
A storm of fists rained down on the Kraken’s body, as if it were a sandbag several tens of meters long.
That figure is none other than the monster Baek Chang-su.
One of the first Awakened,
Even 20 years later, his name is still mentioned without fail when discussing the strongest superhuman of all time.
I was amazed as I watched the thrilling fight.
“Hiya. He beat that guy with his bare hands, without any weapons.”
I thought I could help you a little if you seemed to be having a hard time, but now I see that it was a ridiculous worry.
After a while, the kraken, which had turned into a crumpled tin can, sank to the bottom of the lake.
Gulp.
I approached Baek Chang-soo, who was breathing lightly.
“Sir. Are you okay?”
Baek Chang-soo didn’t show any sign of fatigue.
Rather, it seemed that moderate exercise had improved the complexion.
“Are you hurt anywhere?”
Well, I just had fun watching it.
“It’s okay. I never would have imagined that a monster would suddenly appear in a place like this.”
Baek Chang-soo nodded seriously at my words.
“That’s right. It’s definitely an unknown world beyond the restricted area. There’s a monster this big in the lake…”
And Baek Chang-soo looked back at where his group was.
A small group of people could be seen in the distance waving at us.
It seemed like he was shouting, “Are you okay?”
“I think we’ve come too far, so let’s go back now. I’m also worried about where Yeong-hee is.”
If you have a group, don’t worry, I’ve already cleaned up everything for you to have a pleasant picnic.
I said, pointing to the lake bottom.
“You go back first. I’ll go check out the bottom of the lake.”
“You alone?”
“I’m just going to investigate. I’ll be back by dinner time.”
“hmm···.”
Baek Chang-soo, who had been thinking for a moment, patted my shoulder and said he understood.
“Okay, then please take care of it.”
After Baek Chang-soo returned to his group, I used the Guardian’s Bracelet to create a shield.
“shield.”
After confirming that the shield had formed into a helmet shape that completely covered my head, I dove deep into the water.
The emerald lake was a different world.
Colorful fish reminiscent of tropical fish and underwater monsters that do not exist on Earth.
And then, like a slow movie, the kraken’s corpse was slowly falling to the bottom of the lake next to me.
“······.”
I glanced at the kraken’s corpse and then swam further down.
My goal wasn’t the Kraken. I just got rid of it because it was getting in the way of my real goal.
I dived deeper and deeper into the bottom.
deep.
Deeper.
Since I had never actually seen it, I wasn’t sure exactly how far down it would go.
As we went down, it became darker and darker as no light penetrated.
When it became almost impossible to see anything, a faint light appeared coming from below.
Woohoo!
I swam toward where I could feel a faint light and a slight vibration.
After a while, we arrived in front of a cave with light streaming in.
“······.”
And then I turned around.
Now that we’ve confirmed the location, that’s it for today.
Now I thought I would go back, have dinner, and enjoy the rest of my vacation.
I was planning to come here with the little one in a few days.
At that time, if nothing had happened that I know of in any records.
Slurrurururuk!
The suction generated inside the cave began to suck me in like a vacuum cleaner.
“!!”
I flailed my arms and legs wildly to escape the suction, but I was already too deep down and there was nothing around to hold onto.
To make matters worse, even the shield that was being used as an oxygen tank broke.
The water pressure was rapidly increasing and the lack of oxygen was so severe that I struggled for a few more seconds before losing consciousness.
Gulp.
And when I woke up again, I was lying on the floor, my body tied up with something like seaweed.
“Ugh···.”
At my groan, the guys surrounding me flinched and stepped back.
As my vision slowly recovered, the blurry shapes began to come into view clearly.
[I woke up!]
It was about the size of a five-year-old child, had smooth blue skin, and its eyes were completely black with no whites. Instead of legs, it had a blunt ghost-like tail that allowed it to fly through the air.
One of the smaller tribes struck a threatening pose in his own way and shouted.
[You, who are you!]
That was a language I knew.
And these guys were a race I knew.
“···Was that what you did earlier?”
I roughly tore off the seaweed that was wrapping around my body and sat up.
[[Eww!]]
The fairies, startled by my words, flew around in all directions like crazy.
< It was you > End
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