Chapter 91: 91

Act 2

Su-hyeun looked down at Chloe and Jordan . He had expected this, but it happened much faster than his expectation . But thankfully, it looked like he was not late too much .

“Where have you been?” Jordan asked .

He was urgent, but he felt relaxed a little now . The others were the same . Su-hyeun spread his magic when he arrived to let everybody know he came . The awakeners from the Dump Guild who came with Chloe also found out about Su-hyeun’s existence . The place where people killed and hunted each other became silent .

“One rat ran away, so I chased after it,” Su-hyeun answered .

“A rat?” Jordan asked .

“Yes,” Su-hyeun looked at Chloe and said, “MacRebur . ”

When the unexpected name came out from Su-hyeun’s mouth, Chloe’s eyes widened .

“He went by the alias ‘Rolex’ . The S-Rank awakener and the faithful dog of the Dump Guild… oh, do you guys not like being called that? Anyway,” Su-hyeun grinned and continued, “Am I right?”

“How… How did you know that?” Chole said .

That was unexpected . Jordan had been wondering why Su-hyeun had come to America . That was…

“So, you are going to eliminate the Dump Guild?”

“Yes,” Su-hyeun answered .

“On your own?” Jordan asked again as if what he said was ridiculous .

He made sure that Su-hyeun was greatly skilled . Jordan did not know about MacRebur, but he knew Chloe . Su-hyeun had caught her very easily . He could be considered one of the strongest awakeners in the world . However, his enemy was the Dump Guild, which might have been the strongest in the world . Su-hyeun had said that he would deal with them by himself .

“Well, it will take time…” Su-hyeun shrugged as if it was not a big deal . “I’ll surely do it . ”

“You’re confident . ”

“Confidence is irrelevant . It is not my decision to make . ”

“Then why?”

“The Dump Guild must disappear . ”

It almost seemed like a delusion . It did not look like Su-hyeun was after any particular benefit . He was just trying to get rid of the Dump Guild because they were evil to society .

“You are like a hero . ”

“Yes . ” Su-hyeun smiled and nodded . “That was what everybody said so . ”

Speechless, Jordan tilted his head as if he had no idea what Su-hyeun just said . At that time, Miru and Hak-Joon found Su-hyeun and came to him .

Grrrrrr!

“Su-hyeun!”

Miru growled as if Su-hyeun wasn’t told to put him back somewhere else . Hak-Joon also quibbled over why Su-hyeun had left him alone . Su-hyeun avoided their eyes in embarrassment, feeling especially sorry for Hak-Joon .

“I really couldn’t help it,” Su-hyeun said, “That guy suddenly went out, and I thought I might miss him…”

“Tell me the truth . You knew all about this, didn’t you?”

“Well . I did but…”

“Why did you do that? I was going to go crazy! I could not understand a thing they were saying! I followed you because I believed you . How could you do that to me?”

“That is… I am sorry…”

Hak-Joon pointed out Su-hyeun’s fault argumentatively . Su-hyeun drew cold sweat and stepped back, feeling sorry for Hak-Joon . MacRebur had started to move quicker than he had expected, so he did not get the chance to tell Hak-Joon back then .

“This is another surprise,” Jordan thought .

Su-hyeun had cut off MacRebur’s head and tortured Chloe . Given that, Jordan thought Su-hyeun was a very cold-hearted person . Even so, Su-hyeun was embarrassed and soothed his younger friend and looked back to Jordan . That looked different than what Jordan thought .

Su-hyeun said, “Oh, you asked me if I am doing that alone . But no, I am not alone . ”

Su-hyeun pointed to Hak-Joon who was still upset .

“Just one more?” Jordan asked .

“No . There are more . ”

“Who else…?”

Jordan thought for a moment and remembered how Su-hyeun came here .

“Are they…?”

***

Song Hyeong-gi was the awakener who dealt with the divine beasts . He was very interested in this dungeon . This green-colored dungeon was the largest dungeon to ever exist . A rumor had spread that it was highly possible that divine beast would appear in there . Thus, he voluntarily participated in the raid this time . He usually did not have much interest in the dungeon before, but the raid somehow flowed in a strange direction .

“Why…are…you…here…”

Crunch!

Ji-yeon stamped down the head of the murmuring man, causing it to burst . Song Hyeong-gi couldn’t take his eyes off the cruel sight .

He stroked the wounded dragon and asked, “Why are you here?”

At his question, Ji-yeon looked down at the dead body on the ground and answered, “If someone helps you, shouldn’t you thank them first? You almost died because of this guy . ”

Song Hyeong-gi crumpled his face . If he took the bull by the horns, this situation would never have happened . He was instead ambushed by the S-Ranker awakener like him . Of course, it was true that Ji-yeon helped him to escape the crisis . The problem was she should not have been here in the first place .

“Did you sneak in?”

“Are you arguing now?”

“…We don’t work well together . ”

“If I were not here, all these divine beasts would probably die . ”

At the straightforward word of Ji-yeon, Song Hyeong-gi could not say anything . People betrayed one another suddenly as there was a raid from an unexpected group . It was quite a dangerous situation, and it would have been more dangerous if Ji-yeon did not help immediately .

“Well… I guess I have to say thanks . ”

“That… didn’t sound like appreciation to me . Even so, I didn’t do that to hear thanks . ”

Despite what she said, it seemed like she was quite satisfied with what he said . He was a man of great self-respect who rarely showed his appreciation towards others .

“But do you know these people? You killed them in cold blood,” he asked .

Ji-yeon violently attacked the awakeners who were involved in the raid . That was closer to resentment than a regular fight . As he expected, Ji-yeon nodded at his question .

“I do know them . ”

“Who are they?”

“Members of the Dump Guild . ”

At Ji-yeon’s answer, he asked again as if he did not expect to hear that name, “Dump Guild? Aren’t they usually stealthier than this?”

“They are… so far . ”

“So far…?”

That meant they would not be sneaking around anymore . It looked like Ji-yeon knew something about the Dump Guild .

“What do these guys want?”

“To show off their strength, money, violence . Something like that . ”

“What’s your relationship with Dump Guild?”

“Would I consider Dump Guild a mortal enemy? Well, to be more precise, I hold a one-sided grudge against them . ”

“Hmm…”

Song Hyeong-gi looked Ji-yeon in a curious gaze . He had met her once before, but she looked different than back then . She had no expression on her face before, but today he could see the anger and bitterness on her face .

“I prefer this look than before . She more looks like a human now,” he thought .

She looked like a wooden doll last time, which reminded him of someone much to his displeasure . Despite this, he found out her good side in an unexpected place .

“So, what are you going to do now?” he asked again .

“I plan to exterminate the Dump Guild,” Ji-yeon looked straight to his eyes and asked, “Will you help me?”

“…That was unexpected . ”

He could not believe that she asked for his help . She must have been that desperate . Song Hyeong-gi thought for a while and nodded .

“Well . Alright . They hurt my kids . I will make them pay off . Also, I owe you one . ”

It was not a bad offer for him anyway . He already thought about getting his revenge when they had attacked him . Moreover, he could not stand owing to anybody, so he didn’t want to reject her request . For Ji-yeon, it was a good thing if the S-Rank awakener, Song Hyeong-gi, would help her .

“Well, let’s finish this dungeon first . ”

They were in the green-colored dungeon . It was a huge dungeon, so he had expected that it would take a while to finish it . But the situation was different now .

“Let’s go straight . ”

There were two S-Rank awakeners . The green dungeon was no longer much of a challenge .

***

“…Damn . It’s hard . ”

They had been battling for several days . Jordan mumbled his impression of the blue dungeon . The number of monsters, as well as the overall level, was much higher than the green dungeon . The middle-boss level monsters appeared occasionally, and they were about to same with the final boss of the green dungeon .

“How are you tired already? You were so confident before you came to the dungeon . ”

Grrr…

Su-hyeun said so while coming to his side, Miru nodded as if he was right . Jordan thought they were mean but there was nothing he could say . All he could do was frown . It was true that he was overconfident about his ability and underestimated the blue-colored dungeon, but…

“I am sure that I can finish it,” Jordan said .

The level didn’t go beyond his anticipation . There were a lot of monsters, but he could get rid of them . There was no particular variable other than the fact that they could not go outside .

“Well, of course, it was all possible thanks to Su-hyeun,” Jordan thought .

It was obvious that he could not finish this dungeon by himself . If Su-hyeun wasn’t here, there would be a big snag in their raid .

“Looks like he’s our savior . ”

If it wasn’t for Su-hyeun in the first place, he probably would have died . Additionally, he helped to finish the dungeon attack and stopped the dungeon outbreak .

“If Su-hyeun was not here…”

Unimaginably bad things were more likely to happen .

“It’s too early to let your guard down,” Su-hyeun said .

“I was not off guard…”

“Yes, you were . You are still overconfident about your ability . Or is this about your pride?”

In response to Su-hyeun’s question, Jordan shut his mouth tight . Which was the right answer? From some point of the time, he had been overconfident about his skills and underestimated the dungeons . It was the same now . Either way, he had been not saying anything that made him looked like lacking in confidence .

“… I admit,” Jordan walked slowly and nodded . “I was proud of myself, to be honest . Yes, I forgot the sense of crisis . ”

Jordan began to look at him objectively .

“I’ve never felt that this was hard or difficult since I started growing stronger and attacking dungeons . The trials of the Tower were the difficult ones, but dungeons were always easy . ”

“Maybe that was why,” Jordan thought .

From a certain moment, he started to consider dungeons as just a tool for entertainment, money, or fame .

“After I became S-Rank,” Jordan said, “it was worse . I felt like the whole world was mine . There was nothing I couldn’t do . Everybody looked at me like I was some legend… so I started to think that about myself as well . ”

It was not just Jordan’s case . Most of the high-rank awakeners had that way of thinking .

“I need to reflect on this . ”

Jordan easily accepted Su-hyeun’s comment . Su-hyeun looked at Jordan in surprise .

“It wouldn’t have been easy to admit,” Su-hyeun thought .

It was not just a recent tendency that considered dungeons as a problem, not just social resources . Awakeners who had abilities were insensitive to the danger of the dungeons . Only normal people without power sensed the crisis . Su-hyeun thought this was a big problem . If the high-rank awakeners had paid more attention, the previous Earth would not be destroyed in vain .

“…I am glad you know now,” Su-hyeun turned his head in embarrassment and hurried to walk .

Grrrrrr—

After walking for a few more hours, they could see the innermost cliffs of the forest nearby . Miru, who was sitting on Su-hyeun’s head, started to cry threateningly . It was a sign that something was there .

“Is it a monster?”

Miru had been warning them first when the monster appeared . Jordan thought this might’ve been the same . He was amazed that this small dragon could notice the monster way before than S-Rank himself .

“Yes . Monster… but…” Su-hyeun looked around and narrowed his eyes . “It looks like the final one . ”

“Final one? You mean the final boss?” Hak-Joon asked nervously .

Su-hyeun nodded and raised his hand . The raid team following behind him stopped .

“What is going on?” One man from the team asked .

“This is the final boss,” Su-hyeun said .

He picked up a fist-sized rock from the ground . And…

Whirl!

Swish!

He bent his body like a bow and threw the rock as hard as he could to the right side .

Kyaaaa!

An odd cry came from far away . They were not sure how far the monster was from them, but it looked like Su-hyeun’s rock hit it .

“Right side?”

“It’s on the right!”

The raid team thought the monster was coming from the right . Only a few people noticed that wasn’t the case .

“Not on the right side…”

“It’s everywhere . ”

Hak-Joon received Jordan’s word . Some of the A-Rank awakeners also noticed that . They nodded and held their breath . They were surrounded .