novelDark Earth Gate - 2
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- 1
"Wow, Kwon Je, you are great!" One of the attack captains approached and shouted to Kwon Je.
It was because he didn't know how to raid a 9-tier monster so easily. Would you have thought that there would be anyone who could solo a 9-tier monster except for Jaehwang?
However, he was not pleased with his words.
"What is going on in other places?"
"We haven't heard anything from E and D yet."
Daegu and Busan.
The North Korean side and the Gyeonggi-do two were in charge of The Invincible Palace and the Martial Arts House, while Daegu and Busan were under the Hunter Secretariat.
"Hmm." After a while, he shook his head.
Now it's the outpost. He felt like he wanted to take care of it all, but the more he did this, the slower the other hunters had to experience. If he were to go out, he could raid monsters with less damage, but that's not going to fix everything.
"I'll withdraw."
"Yes, okay, " the chief engineer responded with a salute at the end of the proposal. For him, it was an honor to be glorified just by conducting a raid with the power.
It was then when a helicopter flew down at the side of the boat and sat down. Everyone around it frowned.
Although the raid was over, it was reasonable to be sanctioned to enter the battle area in this way.
It was Samuel Lin and his companions who got off the helicopter. He looked at the corpse of the fallen tier 9 monster in amazement and soon, he woke up and came to Kwon Je with a pale expression.
Although the head of the World Hunter Secretariat appeared, they were not surprised because he had already entered Korea and was expected to come here.
"I see you, Kwon Je."
Samuel Lin bowed his head first. It's not easy considering his position but rather, the expression of Kwon Je who receives the greeting was calm.
"It's been a long time since, Samuel."
"Yes."
The two had a face. At the inauguration of Samuel Lin, Kwon also attended as Korea's representative. Of course, it was the opposite situation now.
"What's going on with the busy Secretary-General?" Kwon Je said, acting like he didn't know.
Then, Samuel Lin said without hesitation, "Do you know the location of the palace?"
Upon hearing the Dark Earth Gate explosion, Samuel Lin came to Korea shortly after having an emergency meeting with members of the Dark Hall. This was to meet the archer who would have the most information about the incident. He also brought the Dark Hall members' declaration of surrender. They also realized that things weren't working and decided to withdraw the line of the conflict with the Master Archer.
However, in response to Samuel Lin's words, Kwon Je answered with a grumpy expression."I don't know why you're asking for it."
It means that they don't have the right to talk about it.
Think about what they did to Korea. They raided 9-tier monsters that were eating up the territory of the country to help tens or hundreds of millions of people find their hometown. Was that all? His grandson ran to help anywhere in the world when a request for assistance came in. Even if he was the world's greatest hunter, the world was wide and his body was just one.
At one point, he went around the world for over a month and confronted the monsters.
The economic gains from monsters have been generously solved for the poor and those suffering from monsters. If the world knew what Jaehwang had not revealed, they should have bowed to Jaehwang.
But what did they do?
In one day, he changed his face and the whole world bit him. They asked them to come and uncover the video they sent to warn them that they should be prepared for the dangers of the Dark Earth. Only after the Dark Earth Gate exploded, those who mistook them as if they were reigning on top of the archer, came to know that the fire had fallen on their feet.
"It is a matter of respect, " Samuel Lin said and at that end, Kwon Je stopped walking and looked back at him.
"Your logic is very convenient. The world's reputation has been overtaken. Was it my illusion that their respect was less than your pride?"
The words of authority were shortened. It meant that there was no respect anymore.
It was Samuel Lin, who said that he was really in pain. Kwon Je seemed to recognize him as a group already.
"I understand. You can swear with anything but now, I need the power of the archangel."
Push!
Kwon's hand grabbed Samuel Lin by his chest.
"Okay, that's why I came to murmur to my grandson to release the old feelings and go for a monster raid soon."
"Ugh..." Samuel Lin could not escape the hands of Kwon Je. No matter how much he was as a 7-star hunter, the results would have been the same.
"Release your hand!" The Hunters who were escorting Samuel Lin pulled out their swords.
They were escorting the Secretary-General of the World Hunter Secretariat in close proximity. One could ask whether there were a total of five people... five, but all of them were not only hunters of seven stars, but also the strongest among the strongest who have wrapped their whole body with artifacts.
Before meeting Jaehwang, it would have been difficult to deal with in the past. No matter how strong he was, it's troublesome to fight five 7-star hunters close by. However, they were just ridiculous to Kwon Je.
Pow-pow-pow-pow-pow!
"Ugh-oh-oh!"
"Gag!"
All five groaned all at once. The two dropped their arms out of their hands to see if it was hard to handle. It was too fresh for the reaction of 7-star hunters. If anyone saw it, it would have been seen as a catch for two or three-star hunters.
However, there was a profound crowd hiding inside.
Five of the mana's unused attacks resigned because they accurately pinpointed the smack of the attack they were preparing.
"You are in poor control."
"Shhh, how..." Samuel Lin's eyes shook. He knew the skills of those escorting him.
They were never going to be pushed out like this. Kwon Je, who made the fist, shook his fist lightly as if he had not even given a dime. Even Emperor did not show such a feat. That concludes that Kwon Je was a hunter of 9 stars, but it was a ridiculous guess. He became a 9-star hunter in just a few years. Of course, there was no reason for Kwon Je to explain it.
"Are you still proud of the subject you came to ask for?"
"Please tell me where the Master Archer is. I will persuade him."
People were dying while he was doing this.
To stop this ridiculous pride fight, he was willing to kneel. He confessed all the time that he had to go first. If he had followed him, at least he would have investigated the closed Dark Earth Gate.
In his words, Kwon Je laughed.
"Will you go where he is? It's not funny." Kwon Je shook his head. It was a place where only the chosen ones could enter. Those who were not qualified would pay with their lives.
"You cannot go."
Kwon Je looked at the distant sky, thinking of the land that didn't even allow him to enter.
- 2
"I always feel dirty here."
"I agree and wonder how this land could exist under the same sky."
Jaehwang looked up to the sky.
Purple clouds, not ash, were thick. It was not an ordinary cloud. It's a kind of gas cloud. The body's sensory screams when they emanate from the body of giant creatures floating in the sky into the ground like a haze.
Even if that was the evidence of the living beings of a perfect life, it feels so dirty that their body was in hell.
Plop... plop... squishy squishy...
There was no dry land. Whether it's because of that gas cloud or something in the ground, it's always this way. At least it might smell like Earth, giving this smell of this terribly decaying mold.
He did not take the arrow out from the infinity storage. No, he just unlocked all artifacts in his body.
Everything that comes into the senses like a haze was indifferent to him, but Jaehwang was not alert. That indifference was a trap. He's not in a hurry.
Step... step...
Over a few mountainous gardens. It was more like the garden, but beyond the garden, its name was unknown. There were no monsters here. They didn't know what to call them, but they didn't want to wake them up.
"I have to go back."
"Why don't you just walk in?"
"I'll reject."
The creeps that appeared with the old Sake-no-Osuke spread out like lakes.
Black and dark shadows were roaming in them. It looks like Sake-no-Osuke, but its spout, which was many times larger than that, was fierce and grows bigger, and then sweeps around and swallows everything around it.
Dudududu...
A mountain slowly rose while the ground was shaking.
It was literally a mountain.
Kukukukuku...
Dozens of legs pushed the boat and slowly began to crawl.
It seemed to be approaching Jaehwang, but it was only an illusion of the eyes. Jaehwang walked slowly off the path where it passed.
Kuku Kuk Kung...
The monster's destination was a creepy lake. A huge coffin extending from the monster's body digs into the lake and begins to eat as if it was sucking up the water with a pipe.
Jaehwang walked past it constantly.
Goongi was his walking buddy. Jaehwang walked and walked, so he finally reached his destination.
The navigation screen emitted a red light to indicate the destination.
"Here it is."
The white stone was called a huge monument, but it was just one giant rock. Underneath the indecipherable letters, the pictures gave him a brief overview of what it does. It was something like an article for future generations who would come after Jaehwang.
Behind it was a black hole that appeared to be the entrance of the dungeon.
But Jaehwang did not set foot there.
No, rather, he walked away from it.
How much time had passed? He stopped in place.
"Funny." Jaehwang looked around and said, "Come out."
Shortly after the words of Jaehwang, the sticky land near Jaehwang began to rise slowly. Wriggling, it soon turned into an image and frowned upon Jaehwang's eyes. It was similar to Jaehwang at hand. It seemed that all the drab colors seemed to be mixed up with sugar, and it slowly became like Jaehwang.
"What a horrible hobby."
After a while, it became like him.
"What a horrible hobby."
Even their voice was the same.
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