Chapter 48: 48

Gwon Jang-hyuk and other gangsters started to run away . They even didn’t look back . Their commanding presences were nowhere to be seen . Like old times, they were still weak to strong, strong to weak .

“Those bastards still did not break their bad habit,” Su-hyeun thought .

He almost forgot of them but felt pathetic because they still lived the same . He would like to break a leg or arm to teach them some lessons . But if he did, they would probably be caught up and die in the upcoming incident .

“I guess I will take care of them later when I have time . ”

The firecracker, actually the Flame that Su-hyeun set off, was enough to attract people’s attention . Some might have thought it was a fireworks display, but as they had already been warned of terrorism, that would be their first thought .

Whoosh, whoosh—

“Ok . Let’s go,” Su-hyeun said to himself .

Su-hyeun stamped his feet and flew high . He headed to Beomgye, the downtown area, where most people gathered at this time . Of course, he did not forget to shoot firecrackers on his way .

Boom, boom, boom—!

The sound like thunder rang out loudly . A lot of people were confused, and they began to run .

A terror . By that word alone, people left their homes and started to flee . But they could not see where the explosion happened . All the explosions were happening in the sky, not on the ground .

“…Did you say there is a terror?”

The director, who had heard the news, jumped up . Kim Do-ui, an A-rank awakener, who belonged to the country, nodded his head and delivered the news .

“Yes, sir . An explosion occurred in Pyeongchon, the most populated area of Anyang City . As we heard, there are signs of terrorism, and people are evacuating . ”

“Holy sh*t… What the hell is going on?” the director mumbled .

Today was January 31st . Terrorism was not planned . Even if Lee Ju-ho’s information was true, there should be no terror by the Dump Guild .

“But the terror began? How this can be happening?” the director thought .

“I don’t know exactly… But it looks like the act of one person,” Kim Do-ui said .

“One person?”

The director, who looked puzzled, soon crumpled his face . He soon muttered in a confident voice, “Kim Su-hyeun . ”

“Sir?”

“He is Kim Su-hyeun . It is that guy!” the director shouted .

It was a play pretending to be a terror . Kim Su-hyeun was now pretending to be a terrorist to evacuate people .

“Do you think Kim Su-hyeun showed up?” Kim Do-ui asked .

Kim Su-hyeun was a person who had never revealed himself before . His name was famous but other information, including his face, was not revealed . He had been hiding in the shade thoroughly, but for some reason, he appeared to save people for the first time . And he appeared as a terrorist .

“Kim Su-hyeun is not important right now! The important thing is he is in a riot right now!” the director said angrily .

“But there is no loss of lives…”

“I don’t care!” he cut Kim Do-ui’s word .

Bang—

The director slammed his desk and Kim Do-ui closed his mouth . He knew well if he said something right at the moment, he would just lose favor in the director’s eyes .

“A Dungeon Outbreak? The devastation of Anyang City? That’s nonsense . Before it turns out to be true, he is just a freaking terrorist . Do you understand?”

“Yes, sir . I know,” Kim Do-ui answered .

“Then what are you doing? Go get him! No, you don’t have to get him . Just kill him!” the director shouted again .

That was too much . That was too much treatment .

“He lost his block,” Kim Do-ui closed his eyes and thought, “Should I have to do that far? If the terrorist who appeared in Anyang City is Kim Su-hyeun and his information is all true… he should be called a hero . Even if it was not true, it would be the same . What he is doing right now is hard to see as a terrorist attack . There was no damage to life or any property . It’s just an evacuation of people in case of a natural disaster . Can that be considered terrorism? It might look like a terror to the people who have no idea…”

“Yes, sir . ” Kim Do-ui said to the director . At least in his eyes, it seemed not to be terror .

Click—

Kim Do-ui bowed to the director and left the room . The director picked up the phone and called somewhere .

“Yes . It’s me . Do we have any men left?”

Boom, boooom—!

Whoosh—

The fire burned the building . People screamed and ran away . Su-hyeun, who stood in the middle of the city and watched it, scratched his head .

“I can’t feel familiar with this…” he mumbled .

He felt weird acting like a villain in a ridiculous mask and afflicting citizens . It felt like he was a member of the Dump Guild .

“I guess the Dump Guild will get angry about this . ”

The Dump Guild was a group of murderers . It was a secret society, hiding underground . It had connections with some of the big guilds, but it still didn’t want to be mentioned . But Su-hyeun took its name and drew it to the surface . He even pretended to be a member of the Dump Guild and caused terrorism .

Whoosh—

The fire in the building disappeared . The fire from the Flame skill did not even blacken the building . As the level and his proficiency increased, Su-hyeun could selectively burn the stuff he wanted . He did not have to waste his magic burning all those buildings . Of course, those who did not know, ran away to avoid the fire that Su-hyeun created .

“I suppose there is no one around here anymore,” he thought .

Starting from Beomgye, Pyeongchon area was almost empty . News that the terror began had spread to other parts of Anyang, and people started to evacuate from there as well . Although there was only one terrorist, Su-hyeun was a high-ranked awakener . And since he had warned there would be a terror by a group named Dump Guild, his actions looked like the acts of an organization, not one person .

“It’s now 8:00 p . m . ”

It had already been two hours since he started taking action . There was not much time left .

“I wish I could move a little more, but…”

He stopped where he was standing and turned his face .

“… I guess it would be hard . ”

Whoosh, whoosh—

Crackle, crackle—

A lot of people appeared around Su-hyeun . Except for those who had come close, the number of people who were watching from afar was large . All of them were awakeners, not ordinary people .

“Huh . There was quite a lot came . ”

Numerous awakeners were mobilized to attack the green dungeons and other dungeons all over the country . So, he had thought there would not be a lot of awakeners left . But still, in this short time, quite many of them gathered .

“Are you Mr . Kim Su-hyeun?”

Kim Do-ui was the one who stepped forward and asked . He was the closest aide to the director and was an A-rank awakener who was not mobilized in the green dungeon . He was the most talented awakener among the people who gathered now . Su-hyeun’s gaze turned to him . It looked like he knew enough since he mentioned Su-hyeun’s name .

“Yes, I am,” Su-hyeun answered .

There was no reason to lie now . He had been expecting his identity to be revealed from the time he started writing on Abyss Online .

“Kim Su-hyeun?”

“What?”

“Wait, wasn’t he a terrorist?”

“I heard this man is an awakener from the Dump Guild . ”

“Aren’t they just the same?”

Except for Kim Do-ui, other awakens were frustrated and talked in whispers .

They had no idea this incident and Su-hyeun were connected . In a flash, the eyes of those who saw Su-hyeun changed . They started to take precautions . The meaning of that was…

“Was Kim Su-hyeun a member of the Dump Guild?”

“If that is the case, it would explain why he has not been revealed to anyone . ”

“Oh, shit . That makes sense . ”

It was a pretty logical conclusion . Su-hyeun was not revealed on the surface so far and neither was the Dump Guild . Moreover, at this point, when it was known that there would be a terrorist attack by the Dump Guild, Su-hyeun appeared . He was even making the fire . It was obvious to everyone . There was no room for an excuse .

“Wait . Everyone be quiet!” Kim Do-ui shouted .

Kim Do-ui, however, had information the others didn’t and had a different opinion than the other awakeners . As the leader of the national awakeners’ group, he quieted others and looked around .

“As I thought, there is no damage,” he thought .

Terrorism usually took on violent forms, such as murder, kidnapping, and looting . Naturally, damages such as vandalism and injury followed . But the path that Su-hyeun took did not have any damage . There was only a quiet street where people had left . There were no signs of broken buildings, not even a single dead person .

“Your purpose… Are you doing this to evacuate people?”

Su-hyeun’s eyes sparkled at Kim Do-ui’s question . Kim Do-ui heard of him from Lee Ju-ho several times . He was the only person who knew the relationship between Lee Ju-ho and Su-hyeun, except for the director .

“Maybe this can be solved easily,” Su-hyeun thought .

In that case, the situation would be solved much easier . Su-hyeun nodded and answered .

“Yes, that is right . I hope more awakeners come here,” Su-hyeun answered .

“More awakeners?” Kim Do-ui mumbled .

He remembered the story he heard from Lee Ju-ho . Su-hyeun was the one who told to Lee Ju-ho that there would be a sudden dungeon outbreak tonight . Perhaps Su-hyeun’s quest was to prevent it .

“Didn’t you guys come here to stop me?” But strangely, Su-hyeun said completely different . Looking around dozens of awakeners, Su-hyeun continued to say, “You guys will need more people for that . ”

“What?”

“You little upstart…”

“You think you are something because people compliment you?”

A loud voice came from all over the place . This was what Su-hyeun wanted . This was better in this case . It was an intended provocation . The problem was cooperation from one person .

“And to make him cooperate…” he thought .

Whoosh—!

With Su-hyeun’s gesture, a huge Flame started to sweep all over the place . Dozens of awakeners were quickly caught up in it . But the Flame stopped in front of them without burning them .

“At least, I am the best here,” Su-hyeun said in an arrogant voice .

Thanks to the mask, the expression was not revealed . But the voice alone was enough to infer the expression .

“I need to bring as many as awakeners as possible,” Su-hyeun thought . He looked at Kim Do-ui . “How will he react?”

Kim Do-ui, who met Su-hyeun’s eyes, could grasp his intentions . “Does he mean we need more support, either prevent him or the possible monster attack?”

Su-hyeun’s ability was more than Kim Do-ui had expected . As he said, these people might not be enough . Of course, the situation might change if A-Rank himself joined here .

“It won’t hurt to listen to him now,” Kim Do-ui thought so and opened his mouth, “…Call more support . ”

“Ok, cool!” Su-hyeun uttered yells of delight in his mind .