Chapter 49: 49

“He has quick wits,” Su-hyeun thought .

This man noticed they were understaffed to stop Su-hyeun . He found out he had enough power . If Su-hyeun kindly explained his purpose and expressed his opinion that he did not want to fight, there might be no more support . After all, that would be revealing the truth that Su-hyeun was not a real terrorist . But if Su-hyeun kept calling himself a terrorist, the story would change . To prevent him, the Authority must use its force . The reaction to the terrorist would be obvious .

“And what I have to do now…”

Whoosh—

Slash—

Su-hyeun gathered the flame he had spread everywhere and pulled the sword . He didn’t need to act anymore . There was only one thing he had to do from here .

“I have to withstand an attack . ”

It was the same with Kim Do-ui . It was not sure whether Kim Do-ui moved according to Su-hyeun’s will because of his favor or something else . But since this already happened, there was only one thing that Kim Do-ui had to do .

“Get him!”

Poof, poof—

At the command of Kim Do-ui, dozens of awakeners began to move .

Swish, swish—

Whip—

Su-hyeun avoided the spears and other unknown skills that had flown from all sides . Sometimes he could not avoid, so he warded off or stopped them .

Whoosh—

The Flame surrounded Su-hyeun’s body . It worked as a shield and blocked other awakeners that were coming .

The concentration and grade of the magic of Su-hyeun was not a region that other awakenings could invade .

“Possibly Magic Level 6… Rank A awakener . ”

Kim Do-ui, who watched other awakeners fight against Su-hyeun, coldly analyzed Su-hyeun’s ability .

“The skills he has are the rarest skills of the highest level . He also has basic physical stats to utilize them . He also has quite good combat sense,” he thought .

Skills, magic, stats, combat sense, everything could be called the best . Most of all, his combat sense was remarkable . In the eyes of Kim Do-ui, the awakener of the same A-rank, Su-hyeun’s sense of battle seemed like an exceptional ability .

“It is almost unbelievable . Did he get any professional training somewhere?”

Su-hyeun did not attack other awakeners . He either avoided or blocked . It was purely possible because of Su-hyeun’s ability . He was different from other awakeners who could only beat and crush .

“If I fight with him… I will completely be defeated . ”

He almost felt chilled . They had the same level of magic, but the basic skills were very different . Compared to Su-hyeun, he just got stronger naturally while he was climbing and climbing the Tower of Trial .

“Kim Do-ui! What are you doing? Why don’t you help us?”

One awakener got angry while he was fighting with Su-hyeun looked at Kim Do-ui and asked . Kim Do-ui, who had no intention of fighting, answered with a small frown .

“I am thinking right now . ”

“What? What do you think about?”

“Whether he is the enemy or not . ”

“What the hell are you talking about…?”

“You are a fool . You don’t get it?”

At the blunt remark of Kim Do-ui, the man, who was asking him to fight, frowned his face . Kim Do-ui clicked his tongue and continued to say .

“Is anyone hurt now?”

“What?”

“Or do you think you are fighting even against him right now because you guys have good skills?”

The man could not answer at Kim Do-ui’s question . What he said was all correct . He well knew about Su-hyeun’s ability . The big flame he showed at the beginning, that was enough to show them that they could not do anything with Su-hyeun . If Su-hyeun had decided, no one would have been alive by now .

“So, what the hell you want to say now?” the man asked .

“He is overlooking you guys . So, don’t go overboard,” Kim Do-ui answered .

It was a word that scratching his pride . But it was not wrong . The more they fight, the more they feel that Su-hyeun was just overlooking them .

“Are you saying that man is not a terrorist?”

“Don’t you think that is possible?”

“Hmm…”

The man looked closely at Su-hyeun again . No matter how many times he thought about it, it was clear that he was letting them off . The damaged objects around them were also due to their attack, not Su-hyeun’s .

“Then why did you call for backup? If your word is true, it would be better to cancel the backup now . Wasn’t that a waste of manpower?” The man asked as if it was strange .

If Su-hyeun was not a terrorist as Kim Do-ui said, the support he had called here would be meaningless . There would be no way that he did not know about this .

“Tut…”

At the man’s question, Kim Do-ui raised his head and looked up the sky .

“I did not call the backup to stop him . ”

“What?”

The man looked puzzled as if he did not know what he was talking about . But it was still too early to answer the question . Kim do-ui shook his head and saved his words .

“No . Nothing . We will figure out soon or later . ”

Kim do-ui said so and turned his head . He sensed the presence of people around him . Kim Do-ui felt about 10 people’s senses and knitted his brows .

“…They came . ”

Additional personnel came for the backup request . Kim Do-ui, who had guessed their identity, muttered to himself, “Was it their first activate?”

Not many people knew of their existence . There was a new institution made up of some of the nation’s awakeners . As far as he knew, this was their first mission .

“I guess the director is really pissed off . ”

Act 3

Swish—

A sharp knife pierced the Flame and passed the tip of Su-hyeun’s nose . He stepped back and increased a delicate distance . He looked around the newly appeared awakeners . He already knew about them .

“They came,” he thought .

He was wondering when they would come . He assumed they would start their business by today . It was faster than he expected . Su-hyeun used Leap skill and increased distance quickly .

He looked around . Unlike other awakeners that previously attacked Su-hyeun, the ten people who appeared at this time were different from the atmosphere . Their eyes were sharp-sighted, most of all, their postures were set . It meant, they did not thoughtlessly climb the Tower of Trial, trusting their skill and stats . They had received professional training .

“It reminds me of old times…”

Su-hyeun was once a member of this group .

“I should be careful,” he thought .

He drew the sword .

Whoosh—

As the Su-hyeun pulled the sword, the Flame around him disappeared . Instead, the sword that shined in gray, became red-hot .

“A sword…?”

“He was not a magician?”

The awakeners that were there previously started to whisper themselves . It was a sudden change . Seeing Su-hyeun, who had fought with Flame skill so far, they thought that he was a sort of magician awakener who focused on the fire skills . But suddenly he took his sword .

“Is he a swordsman? Then, what about the fire he showed so far…?”

Kim do-ui was confused as well . The only people were not confused were the ten awakeners that newly appeared . They did not see how Su-hyeun fought so far .

“Heew—”

Su-hyeun took a breath and closed his eyes . It was that short moment .

Swish—

Clang, Clang—

Several strands of chain popped out where Su-hyeun was standing . At the same time, the new awakeners began to move .

Whip—

Boom, boom—

Dozens of swords and chains flew in a complicated path . Each one was quite a high level of skill, and skill proficiency was also high .

“Weaving a spider web . ”

Su-hyeun already knew this technique, which was developed by several awakeners . As so, it was not difficult to destroy .

Swish—

Slash—

The sword in Su-hyeun’s hand, Gram, cut a part of the chain that was tangled like a spider web . At the same time, the chain that had been tightly intertwined and coming over Su-hyeun loosened . He squeezed through the gap and escaped .

But as soon as he escaped, the big sword came in front of his eyes . Su-hyeun as if he was expected this, stretched Gram to up .

Claang—!

Crack, craack—

When the big sword and Gram stroke each other, the big sword was pushed by the force and rose . It could not bear the strength and sharpness of Gram and started to crack . The arms of the awakener who wielded the sword widely opened up .

“He is still the same . He is just pouncing, trusting his power too much . ”

Su-hyeun penetrated to front smoothly . The man with open arms shrugged with amazement, but it was already too late .

Slash—

Su-hyeun’s sword cut the man’s chest . But strangely, there was no blood .

“…?”

The man looked puzzled . Su-hyeun did not answer the puzzled look . Instead, he rose with the Leap skill . No one followed . The awakeners seemed to hesitate for a moment, realizing that their pincer movement was not working .

Whiz—

Su-hyeun, who landed on the roof of one low building, looked around them . One by one, their faces were familiar .

“I was…”

To one side among them, he could see the familiar face blurry .

“I was there too…”

He was Sung-in . It was Sung-in’s face . Of course, it was a past that had gone .

“You…” The man who wielded the sword opened his mouth, looking at Su-hyeun, “Did you know about us?”

Su-hyeun felt bitter at the man’s question . It was obvious why he was asking this question . The pincer movement they used just before was an attack that they had been studied for a long time .

“That is a pincer movement to catch a strong individual or boss,” Su-hyeun thought .

It was a well-organized attack, consisting of awakeners who practiced similar types of chain skills and one with strong attack power . However, Su-hyeun skillfully disregarded such a pincer movement as if he knew it in advance . Not only cutting the core of the chain but also, easily defeating the big sword . The series of actions was natural . It would be impossible if he didn’t know ahead of time . It was only natural that a man would have such a question . Of course, what he worried about was the possibility of leaking the information .

“No, I did not,” Su-hyeun answered .

It did not matter that he knew them . In the first place, Su-hyeun was in the same institution with them . Su-hyeun was the one who knew it better than anyone .

The man stroked a half-cracked sword with one hand and said, “Really? That’s weird . It seemed like you know us well . ”

“Do you mean the pincer movement that you guys showed?”

“…Yes . ”

“Did you just assume I know you well because I destroyed that simple attack?”

The ten awakeners frowned at Su-hyeun’s words . They put serious effort to collaborate for a long time . But he disparaged their skill as a simple attack .

“You… What you said… Are you sure you won’t regret it?”

“Of course . I won’t,” Su-hyeun opened his mouth .

It was obvious . Su-hyeun already knew who they were, what skills they used, and the weaknesses of the skills .

Above all…

He continued to say, “I will be not an easy opponent to try your unfinished skills yet . ”