Chapter 193: 193

“Thanks to you, Su-hyeun, my dream of traveling around the world will come true . ”

“You haven’t been to that many places yet . ”

“Meh . If we move around in a private plane like this, a journey around the world won’t take too long . Have you ever read the book, Around the World in 80 Days?”

“That book came out a long, long time ago . ”

Su-hyeun and Hak-joon were sitting on a bench outside of the airport in Paris . The airport, which would normally be packed with crowds of travelers, wasn’t busy at all because of the recent incidents .

“People don’t look well,” Hak-joon said .

“The people here are probably aware of recent events, so they must be scared . ”

People came to Paris with the anxiety of not knowing when, where, and who would attack them . The only people coming now were probably on essential business, but they all looked like they wanted to get out of Paris as soon as possible .

“But, Su-hyeun, do you really think that happened because of the dungeon?”

“I’ve got a feeling, you know? And monsters aren’t the only things that can come out of dungeons . ”

“What else can come out then?” Hak-joon asked .

“Well . Actually, once in Osaka, Japan, poisonous smoke came out instead of monsters . It almost killed a lot of people, but, fortunately, it was stopped before there was a major loss of life, because it was just an orange dungeon . ”

“You know all kinds of stuff . ”

While they were talking, the plane that they had been waiting for arrived . After a bit more waiting—

“There he comes . ”

—the man they waited for walked out .

“Su-hyeun—!”

The red-haired man ran from afar, shouting in a loud voice . It was Thomas . Thomas dashed forward, opening his arms wide as if he was in a hurry . Since he was good at running, he reached them very quickly .

Whoosh—

Su-hyeun grabbed Thomas nape, who jumped high to hug Su-hyeun . Thomas laughed . He seemed very happy to see Su-hyeun after a long time .

“Don’t run like that . If you fall, you’ll get hurt,” Su-hyeun said .

“Okay!” Thomas replied, nodding his head .

He still spoke like a child, but his Korean was remarkably improved . Even Su-hyeun was a little surprised .

“His language got better quick, and he’s adjusting to society well,” Hak-joon said . “He just didn’t have someone to teach him so far . He’s a real quick learner . ”

“Is that so? That’s good . ”

“He also works the most out of all of us . I’m sure Thomas is as famous as you now . ”

“Ahem . ” At Hak-joon’s praise, Thomas expressed his triumphant mood with an exaggerated gesture .

After Thomas joined, the three of them left the airport by car .

While they walked away, Hak-joon asked Su-hyeun, “When can we get police support?”

“They’re probably evacuating people now . I don’t feel safe since they’re just civilians, too . But, oh well, we have no choice . ”

“What if we use awakeners? I’m sure there are many awakeners in the French Authority . ”

“I thought about that, too . But they might cause more trouble since they have powers . So, I asked the Authority to arrange awakeners, but keep them at a distance, just in case . ”

Vroom—

Su-hyeun started the car . They headed for the Rue des Champs-Élysée, the center of Paris . The street was quiet, and there was no traffic . People had been leaving Paris since the incidents first started . The city was almost empty .

Screech—

Su-hyeun parked the car on one side of the street . The few people who were still left in Paris were moving under the order of the police .

“Please empty the city as soon as possible . ”

Su-hyeun had asked both the chief of the National Police Agency and the Awakeners Authority of France . His first request was to evacuate people from Paris . The incidents were getting worse . People had already been talking about emptying the city before . And Su-hyeun requested they do that, so the chief of two major organizations didn’t hesitate to evacuate people .

“And how many awakeners belong to the Authority?” Su-hyeun had asked .

“There are about 200 people who can be mobilized right now, regardless of their levels . ”

“If there are awakeners who have mind control skills, we need them . It isn’t a common skill, but, with about 200 people, I assume we’ll get at least ten people . Also, we need people who have resistance to magic or mind control skills . ”

“What about other awakeners?”

“I’d rather you use normal police manpower than awakeners . If awakeners go crazy, it’ll only cause more trouble . ”

Su-hyeun opened the door and got out of the car . He looked around the street . Some stores were stained with blood . The windows were broken and the cars on the road were smashed .

“Wow . It’s pretty bad,” Hak-joon exclaimed .

“It shows what happens when everyone goes insane . ”

Ring, ring, ring—

Su-hyeun’s phone started to ring . It was a call from Lee Ju-ho .

“Hello?”

-Hey, Su-hyeun . I think you were right .

Lee Ju-ho spoke in an urgent voice . Su-hyeun could hear the keyboard sound . It seemed like Lee Ju-ho was busily typing away .

“What happened?”

-I just sent you an e-mail . Look at it while we talk .

“Okay . ”

Su-hyeun turned on the speakerphone mode and opened his inbox . The mail that Lee Ju-ho had sent was there .

“What are you doing?”

Hak-joon and Thomas leaned closer to Su-hyeun with curious faces . Su-hyeun quickly read through the e-mail .

-It happened a few hours ago . A group orgy occurred on a beach in Florida, United States . A large scale theft occurred in Brazil . And—

Lee Ju-ho read out the list of incidents that attached to the e-mail .

“Lust, greed, envy, gluttony,” Su-hyeun muttered .

-Everything matches with what you said . Well . Except for pride .

Kee hee, hee hee hee—

A strange laugh came from somewhere . Su-hyeun, Hak-joon, and Thomas, who were listening to Lee Ju-ho through speakerphone, looked around .

“Ju-ho, let’s hang up for now . I will call you later . ”

-What’s wrong?

“I’ll call you soon . ”

Su-hyeun quickly turned off his phone and put it in his pocket . Hak-joon raised his magic power .

He asked in nervous voice, “Is this it?”

“Yes,” Su-hyeun answered calmly .

“Oh, I feel like I’m burning with rage . It’s like…I have to break something . ”

“Wrath . ”

It was one of the seven deadly sins and possibly the most dangerous among human emotions .

“Hak-joon . Can you feel where this is coming from?”

“Yes . It’s coming from underneath . ” Hak-joon bent down and touched the ground . “Below us . ”

They were standing right on to of the dungeon . It was as Su-hyeun had said .

“You were right, Su-hyeun . It wasn’t a skill from an awakener or something . The reason why people couldn’t detect the magic power is—”

“…Is because the emotion itself was flowing out, not a magic power or skill,” Su-hyeun explained .

“Is that possible?” Hak-joon asked in surprise .

“It can be, if magic makes up a chunk of emotion . The signs of magic disappear as time passes, but the emotions remain . ”

It was a simple reason . Magical power was a supernatural force . The power could be changed to fire or water depending on who used it . Some people could control souls, even control human minds . So, it was possible that magic could create emotions this time . And the traces of the medium, the magical power, gradually faded over time .

“So, it is possible . theoretically . ” Hak-joon nodded .

“And if it’s really coming from the dungeon, there would be bigger chunks of emotion inside of it . ”

“…”

“Hey, Thomas . ”

“Yes, Su-hyeun?”

“Do you remember what I asked you? The things you have to do?”

“Yes, I know!” Thomas replied confidently .

Thomas seemed young mentally, but he looked very reliable today . Anyway, Thomas was a genius and one of the strongest S- Rank awakeners in the world .

“Then, it’s time to move . Go over that way . ”

“Okay! Take care!” Thomas said and ran with all of his force in the direction Su-hyeun pointed .

Whiz—!

He was faster than any car . Actually, he would be much faster on foot than a car on a winding or traffic-filled road .

“Take care? When did he learn those words?”

Su-hyeun smiled at Thomas, who had a much broader vocabulary than before . Then, he lifted his feet .

“All right, then—”

Thud—

Craaaack—!

When Su-hyeun stomped, the ground began to crack .

“Let’s go down there, Hak-joon . ”

“Please keep your ranks! We’re protecting you guys, so you’re safe . Please move in order, slowly—”

Many crowds moved in line . Citizens of Paris, the capital city of France, were running out of their town .

“Do we really have to do this?”

“We have no choice but to leave . What if it happens again?”

Bnuir, the commissioner of Paris, nodded at the question of a younger policeman . The population of Paris was over two million, and they all started moving at once . It was a spectacular sight . He could see tens of thousands of people at the moment, and tons of people were following . He couldn’t see the end of the crowd .

“What if nothing happens after all this, sir?”

“Well . Even so, the Paragon Guild said they would make sure that the mysterious violence never happens again . So, that’s good for us . ”

Bnuir thought positively . The Paragon Guild had said that great damage could happen while they were eliminating the cause of the violence . They warned that the whole of Paris could be in danger . That was why police officers were evacuating all the citizens not only from Paris but also neighboring areas .

Bnuir thought .

Not everyone had escaped from Paris yet . And a lot of people were gathering right at the moment to move .

Bnuir remembered the day that people had been violent without reason to each other .

Kee hee hee—

“…?”

Bnuir blinked and looked around . The officer next to him made the same face .

“Did you hear that, too?”

“Did you hear it, sir?”

Kee hee hee hee hee—

Strange laughter drifted from a distance . It was getting closer . Suddenly, Bnuir had a fit of anger rise from the depths of his heart . At that moment, Bnuir realized .

He wanted to attack something . The phenomenon that had taken place in the heart of Paris happened again here .

Gnashing—

Bnuir clenched his teeth . He shut his eyes tight and tried to calm himself down . But not many people were mentally strong enough to control their emotions . Even though he was the commissioner of a whole country, Bnuir was an ordinary human as well . It was about time that he began to lose his reason .

Whoosh—

Shhh, shhh—

[The Dark World – Black Forest . ]

[Psychomancy . ]

All of a sudden, the anger in Bnuir’s heart faded . He opened his eyes . The world around him was dark .

“W-what the hell is this?”

“I can’t see anything!”

“But…I’m not upset anymore . ”

People buzzed, they looked frightened . On the one hand, some seemed relieved when their sudden anger disappeared .

“Hehe . ”

Childish laughter came from somewhere in the dark . Unlike the dim and dark atmosphere, it was such bright laughter . Nervous people lost their vigor at that bright laugh . Bnuir also smiled wide at the laugh .

“He came!” Bnuir cheered .

Bnuir looked at the red-haired man who came from one side of the darkness . He was Thomas Mathiras, an awakener from the Paragon Guild, like Kim Su-hyeun .

“Su-hyeun told me to wait for him here,” Thomas said in a powerful voice, smiling big . “And he asked me to keep you guys safe . ”