Chapter 178

Chapter 178: Those who Protect (2)

The citizens were shaking in fear . The people hiding in buildings could hear the sound of creatures approaching from the north .

Kwang! Kwaang!

Soon there was a battle .

The explosions and screams made it seem like the world was ending .

"Oh . . . Lord . ”

People closed their eyes and prayed to God .

But that hope was like torture . The explosions and screams of the Awakened gradually diminished .

In other words . . . it meant that defeat was coming .

The civilians would just be weak victims to the creatures . Hundreds of thousands of humans would die before help arrived . They would be slaughtered by the creatures . The young children, elderly people and everyone else .

The anxiety of the citizens soared .

Hwaaaaack!

At that moment .

The outside was gloomy . . .

Then a bright light appeared from the sky .

A door opened in the sky and two humans descended to the ground .

Heaven’s Will and the Dambi guild who protected the west arrived in the centre . They heard the sound of explosions from afar, but it was quiet when they approached .

Was it finished?

If so, it was likely to have ended badly . The 200 Awakened wouldn’t have been able to stop all the creatures .

“Are we too late?”

“Damn . Speed up a little more . We have to save at least one more person . ”

Kim Yong-woo bit his lip . Originally he had a lot of self-interest, but that had changed over the past few years . He sincerely hoped for the safety of the people and moved quickly .

Kim Yong-woo and the other guild members were speechless as they reached the centre .

First of all, the corpses of the creatures were strewn around . There were also dead Awakened, but the number of creature corpses was overwhelmingly higher .

He had no idea what had happened .

He thought they had been too late . Normally, the creatures wouldn’t have been able to be stopped . He had hope but the reality wasn’t that simple .

“I am Kim Yong-woo from Heaven’s Will . The centre, please answer me . ”

– . . . . . .

He tried the radio but it was quiet .

Alin stared at the wounds on the corpses of the creatures .

"Most of the creatures were killed by two people . Who . . . ?”

The stab wounds were divided into two major types . This meant that two people had dealt with the creatures .

Kim Yong-woo opened his mouth .

"The place where people are gathered isn’t far from here . We will know when we get there . ”

They headed deeper towards the place where civilians were gathered .

A heavy atmosphere .

Kim Yong-woo and Alin moved quickly .

There were less corpses as they neared the shelter containing the civilians . It seemed some of the creatures had been cut down while fleeing .

Creatures running away?

That wasn’t impossible . Creatures had instincts and would withdraw if they felt like they were going to die . But . . . that was only low grade creatures . Intermediate and above creatures wouldn’t retreat . That would only occur if a huge difference in strength was displayed .

For example, the Saviour . At first, they mistook him as prey but eventually they ran away . Still, a large number of creatures was killed by him and people called him the ‘Saviour . ’

And . . . there were intermediate class creatures among the corpses . There were occasionally some advanced creatures .

‘Was there someone this strong among the humans?’

It wasn’t the Saviour . His fights were straightforward and concise . There was tremendous violence but it was also ‘cool . ’

On the other hand, these two people didn’t show signs of that . It seemed like there was a slight struggle . Even so, it was clear that they had great power .

Kim Yong-woo entered the shelter .

Soon he could see people gathered together .

“Eh . . . ? Guild Master . ”

At the centre were two familiar people .

Yoo Eun-hye and Edward!

Yoo Eun-hye saw Kim Yong-woo and gave an awkward laugh .

The two of them had left a letter stating ‘we are going to train’ and then returned roughly two weeks later .

"It is fortunate that you have returned now . ”

Kim Yong-woo sighed and relaxed . The safety of the citizens was a big problem so the burden on his shoulders was very heavy . Fortunately, the two of them could stop the creatures without much damage .

Many people were wondering about their emergence, but Kim Yong-woo dragged them into a corner .

"By the way, where have you been?”

"I told you, training . Has it really only been two weeks since I left the letter?”

The weary-looking Yoo Eun-hye said . Kim Yong-woo frowned and nodded .

“Only two weeks? Look out there! It has been extremely hard in the meantime!”

They had barely slept in the past three days . At night, they couldn’t sleep at all . Edward wasn’t very helpful but Yoo Eun-hye was different .

He was tired and in pain but Yoo Eun-hye showed no signs of reflection .

She spoke with an embarrassed voice .

"Our concept of time is very different . . . ”

"Noona, we have become stronger . Don't be sad . "

Edward’s appearance was unchanged but he seemed more mentally mature . Edward patted Yoo Eun-hye’s shoulder in order to console her . In order to check that it wasn’t a dream, Kim Yong-woo asked again .

“What is going on? Where did you go?”

"We went to a training room . The man that people call ‘Saviour’ . . . he wanted us to become stronger . ”

“What?”

He exclaimed loudly .

Based on Edward’s silence, it didn’t seem to be a lie .

Yoo Eun-hye’s following words were more shocking .

"I can't believe it but . . . we were training there for over 1,000 days . We couldn’t get out until we cleared the room . . . I was desperate . ”

"1,000 days? That is . . . ”

"Doesn’t it explain why Edward and I can deal with so many creatures?”

Kim Yong-woo closed his eyes . He couldn't keep up with the story .

However, the situation backed up Yoo Eun-hye’s story . Even if the two of them were strong, there were limits .

Now they had broken past the limits due to the training room .

"People won’t believe that so we’ll need to rework the story . Phew ~”

Everyone in South Korea would be focused on the two of them .

Yoo Eun-hye asked with a puzzled expression .

"Can’t we just say it?”

"Well, a story that doesn’t make sense will become complicated when it involves the Saviour . It needs to be spiced up a little bit . It also has to be simple, damn . A spotlight will be shone on you after receiving the Saviour’s recognition . I hate that . ”

Kim Yong-woo didn’t like the Saviour . Yoo Eun-hye didn’t argue about this . Everyone’s beliefs were different .

"Well, you seem to be able to take care of things . Can I take a little break? I want to sleep for a long time . . . ”

“Yes . I will rest today and get to work tomorrow . ”

Edward interrupted .

"Please give me a bed beside Noona . ”

“Are you crazy? You are a man and a woman! You will each have a separate room . Even if there is no room, I will make it . ”

Duk!

Kim Yong-woo turned around . He had roughly heard the situation and now he needed to adapt it . Then Kim Yong-woo halted and said to Yoo Eun-hye .

"But what is your age now? Are you older than me?”

"Shut up!”

Seven days afterwards .

The creatures’ attacks stopped .

The people cheered . Heaven's Will had made the largest contribution and their names were widely proclaimed .

In particular, Yoo Eun-hye and Edward became major stars . Although they weren’t widely known, they were like celebrities in South Korea .

The strongest among the Awakened . Both of them hunted advanced creatures alone, so the Awakened followed them .

Everyone was relieved and started using their strength to rebuild .

However . . . to their despair, a massive air strike occurred .

"Duke Martin . . . ”

I muttered quietly as I looked inside the crystal ball .

I watched the blood and screaming from the massive air raid .

I heard reports from Roy, Rose and Chrisley and launched an investigation .

As a result, I was able to confirm that someone was behind the creatures .

Duke Martin! I was familiar with him .

‘Pandemonium . He is persistent until the end . ’

He was one of the demons under Pandemonium .

Pandemonium had probably intervened . Martin wouldn’t have moved to South Korea without his permission .

Why was he attacking South Korea instead of my dungeon?

The Trees of Life and Death . It was unlikely that he hadn’t noticed . However, he had already prepared the systematic attacks in advance .

‘Revenge?’

The girin and South Korean Awakened had raided Pandemonium’s empty dungeons . Pandemonium would have been outraged . Among the grand dukes, Pandemonium especially despised humans .

It was enough for him to think about retaliation .

However, he knew that my dungeon was here . Of course, he didn’t know that I had a relationship with the humans . . .

My decision here was important .

It was a good excuse to get rid of a demon . A pretext to ‘eliminate’ him .

However, humans wouldn’t be able to stop Duke Martin . Yoo Eun-hye and Edward had satisfactory growth but a duke was a different story .

‘It isn’t an all-out attack yet . He is sending out feelers . ’

I touched my jaw while staring in the crystal ball .

The Awakened were stopping the attacks of the creatures .

It was a state of continual fighting .

‘It is possible that it is just simple payback . However, he doesn’t seem to be just attacking . . . perhaps he is looking for something?’

If it was retaliation then he would strike all at once . After determining the power of the humans, he would strike like a storm . That was Pandemonium’s nature .

It meant there were other reasons .

The Trees of Life and Death . The timing wasn’t right .

‘I need to look for it . ’

I was very curious about the reason .

I couldn’t guess so I had to determine it directly .

“Yihi . Prepare the griffin, Gigantes and the hydra . I will be going out . ”

“Yihihihi . Master, can Yihi go as well?”

“ . . . You?”

My eyes narrowed .

It was a well established fact that the dungeon fairy couldn’t leave the dungeon .

I had never heard anything that contradicted this opinion .

Yihi saw my expression and explained .

"I couldn’t originally do this, but now I can . Yihi wants to see the outside of the dungeon!”

I only thought about it for a moment .

What would the consequences be if Yihi went outside?

"You shouldn’t do anything other than what I tell you to . ”

“Yihihihi . Absolutely . I will listen to Master’s words . ”

Listen?

Although I was somewhat dubious, she was firm .

Her eyes were burning with the will to go outside .

Anyway, I needed someone to move the high class creatures .

“Be prepared . ”

“Yes ~ yihihihihi!”

Yihi danced with glee .