Chapter 51: 51

Roar, roar—

The flurries of snow got stronger . The awakeners, aware of the magic that began to mix between the snowflakes, stopped their movement and looked around .

It started .

“Heew—”

Su-hyeun, who was moving in a hurry, barely took his breath .

He moved his hand to his sweaty mask . Then, he pushed the button and took off the mask that covered his face .

Click—

People made commotions at his sudden action . The ridiculous mask was removed . The face of Su-hyeun was revealed . All eyes were on him . They were curious about not just his face but also the reason why he was taking the mask off now .

“From now on…” Su-hyeun said .

Hak-Joon who saw Su-hyeun’s face strained his eyes .

“Su-hyeun?” Hak-Joon thought in surprise .

When everyone’s gaze was gathered to him, Su-hyeun opened his mouth with magic in his voice . “Everyone gathered here must fight together . ”

“What is he talking about?”

“We are doing that right now . ”

“Does he mean the thing over there?”

The commotion did not disappear easily . But obviously, their hostility to Su-hyeun disappeared almost entirely . At the moment, they thought they had to concentrate on the huge mess of the magic that was growing above their heads, rather than the hostility or fighting against Su-hyeun .

“Soon, there will a be dungeon outbreak here . ”

“Dungeon outbreak?”

“I have not heard that a dungeon has occurred here?”

“No way, really?”

“Seriously…?”

“Where the hell is that dungeon…?”

There was a mix of questions and embarrassment in commotion .

“The outbreak speed of the dungeon will continue to change . Among them…,” Su-hyeun looked at the green clouds rising above his head and continued to say, “Like the dungeon that appeared above, there will be a dungeon that bursts in a few hours . ”

The rate of dungeon occurrence and the rate of outbreak changed every minute, especially the place of dungeon occurrence was not something to able to predict yet . It was the same with deformed dungeons . Su-hyeun was pointing that out . The world was too peaceful to think and aware of the dangers . He looked around and raised his magic once again .

Whoosh—

“Ok . My acting is over . ”

A huge flame encircled him . When the flame shined in blue shrouded in all directions, other awakeners was overwhelmed and stepped back .

“I need your help . Please help me . ”

Su-hyeun bowed his head to everyone . He looked like he had no intention of fighting . People felt relieved that the huge and overwhelming power was not something for them . They also felt something hot fermented inside them .

Glug—

The one person who watched held his breath . The man, Kang Seung-Cheol, who just fought with Su-hyeun using the big sword, felt dejected and dropped his sword by his side .

“It was real,” he thought .

He tried to deny the possibility during the whole time he was fighting . Su-hyeun magic, stamina, and a sense of battle did not dry out throughout the battle with hundreds of people .

“The reason why that was possible . It was because he is S-rank . ”

He could feel vividly with his skin, the concentration and factor of magic around Su-hyeun at the moment . It was certainly above his A-rank magic . It must be the magic of S-rank . Everyone was confused .

But even before the chaos went away, change began .

Kyaaaa—!

A huge cry came out of the sky .

Kyaak, kyaaak—!

Woof, wooof—!

It was not one or two . How many howls? Dozens, hundreds? No, it seemed like more than that . There was only one such phenomenon . And not many of the awakeners present here had seen the phenomenon with their own eyes . Kim Do-ui, who had been working as an awakener for a long time, was convinced .

“It is a dungeon outbreak . ”

The dungeon hadn’t even appeared yet, but there was a dungeon outbreak . A cloud of green light over the sky–that was the dungeon .

“Not from at this time—”

Kim Do-ui, who watched the fight between Su-hyeun and other awakeners all the time, walked forward and opened his mouth .

“—Everyone covers Kim Su-hyeun!”

“Yes?”

“What do you mean…?”

Among the awakeners of the country, Kim Do-ui had the highest command . Some people seemed embarrassed at his command, but some of them nodded quickly . It was the same with awakeners who belonged to guilds . In the first place, they started to not think Su-hyeun as the enemy and suddenly there were cries of monsters . Moreover, Su-hyeun had taken off his mask and asked for help . They were not foolish . They could realize the meaning of what Su-hyeun did so far .

“Damn it . He could just talk . ”

“Who would have believed in words?”

“What is the world come to?”

Although they complained, one-by-one the awakeners had a confrontational attitude and prepared to fight . No one recognized Su-hyeun as an enemy anymore . Su-hyeun glanced at his watch and checked the time .

“It is at 10:00 p . m . Now it starts,” he thought .

Kyaooo—!

Shadows cast over the clouds . The thing made the sound gradually got closer and began to show up . There were hundreds of monsters . There were one-eyed pterosaurs, sharks with wings, giant elephants, and giant earthworms . It was a familiar image .

Su-hyeun injected his magic to Gram to sharpen the blade more . So far, he swung his sword in the sense of blocking and hitting rather than cutting . But…

“Now, I will cut . ”

Whoosh—

The magic began to move according to Su-hyeun’s will . As if it had a will, Gram started to resonate with Su-hyeun’s magic .

Kick, kick, kick—

Su-hyeun jumped high with the Leap skill and cut the sky as hard as possible .

Rip—!

Act 4

“S-sir!”

Slam—

The worker of the agency suddenly opened the door and came in . The director looked at the face of him and asked as if he was irritated .

“What?”

The director, who valued case and courtesy, did not like the sudden visit . But the face of the man who came to the director’s office was urgent enough to not care about the director’s look .

“D-did you hear the news?”

“What news?”

Ring, ring, ring—

At that moment, the director’s phone rang loudly . The call sounded ominous . The director felt a chill . He thought maybe the man’s visiting would have the same purpose as this phone call .

“What is going on?

“Sir . The outbreak happened . ”

“Outbreak? Did they fail to conquer the green dungeon?” the director asked .

He thought that would not be possible, but he asked just in case . Even an S-rank awakener joined in the mission . There would be no way to fail . Moreover, there were many A-rank awakens, as well .

“N-no, sir . ”

“What? No? Are you acting rashly with an outbreak of another small dungeon?”

“It happened in Anyang,” the man who ran in a hurry gasped and answered .

The director’s eyes got wide while he was watching the man who tried to catch the breath and prepared the next words .

“An…yang…?”

“No way . ” The ominous thought crossed the director’s mind . Ant that feeling was not wrong as always .

“Yes, sir . It is a green dungeon . Now the awakeners who went there to stop the terrorist are fighting,” the man answered .

“There was no dungeon there . An outbreak? What bullshit are you talking about?”

Bang—

The director slammed the desk . The man calmly continued to say as if he had expected the director’s response .

“Well… We could not figure out the cause either . We just consider it a strange phenomenon just like when the first dungeon had appeared . ”

“Then what about Kim Su-hyeun?”

“He is fighting against monsters with other people . ”

“What?”

“The report from the agent just arrived now . He was not a terrorist,” the man continued speaking in a confident voice, “Kim Su-hyeun is the hero of Anyang City . ”

Slash—!

When Su-hyeun wrapped his body with Flame skill and swung his sword, the body of the giant monster cut in half .

Crack—

The monster, who ran into Su-hyeun to swallow him in one bite, began to fall to the ground, splitting his body from side to side . Su-hyeun used its body as a steppingstone and jumped higher .

Swish—

He could see the next target .

[You have used the skill Provocation . ]

[The enemies around you, except for the designated target, recognize you as an enemy . ]

Numerous monsters looked at Su-hyeun . Their hostility pierced Su-hyeun’s skin . He raised his magic to endure it . He wrapped his body with multiple layers of Flame .

[Indomitable body . ]

[The transfiguration skill: Imoogi . ]

Crack, crack—

Whack—

The scales of the Imoogi began to grow on Su-hyeun’s body . He could not fly like a real Imoogi, but he could mimic the ability to keep his body floating . He could use the Leap skill, and there were a lot of monsters he could use as stepstones, so an air battle was not a problem .

“Good,” he thought .

The physical ability rose to the highest point, and there was the Flame that was sharply worn all over his body .

Kiyaaa—

A lot of monsters filled Su-hyeun’s eyes . Other awakeners were preparing various skills to catch them, but he did not care .

“Ok, here I go . ”

Whoosh—

Kukguk, Kukwook—

The preparation for the leap was over . It felt like Gram shouting to use it quickly .

“One, two, three . ” He counted in his head .

Swish—

Su-hyeun’s body penetrated the crowd of monsters .

Kyiaaa, kyiaaaa—

Krrr, krrrr—

Slash, slash, slash—

Drop—

The monster’s body began to fall one by one .

Stab—

One!

Whoosh, boom, boom, boom—!

Two, three, four!

Sssss, Crack, crack—!

Ten… Twenty!

The blue flame filled with enormous magic swept . The sword shredded and cut everywhere . He ignored the claws and teeth of the monsters . Instead of avoiding or blocking them, he took them with his body and fought back . The indomitable body and body of Imoogi made it possible .

Drop, plop—

Rumble, rumble—

Dozens of monsters began to fall down the ground .

“Hu-ah, Hu—”

Su-hyeun quickly cleaned the monsters took a small breath . People felt like the time on the battlefield froze when they saw Su-hyeun stop about half the monsters in what seemed to be an instant .

“What… the hell?”

“What just happened?”

“Look . The monsters looked frightened . ”

The monsters that appeared in the green dungeons were about the same as the boss from the orange dungeon . The B-rank awakeners could barely catch one of them . But Su-hyeun killed dozens of them in an instant . When he fought without hesitation with his sharpened sword, when his ability and magic were fully bloomed, people could not believe it . It more than they had imagined .

“This is Kim Su-hyeun . A new S-rank awakener . ”

Kim Do-ui’s heart beat hard .

“We might able to do this . ”

It was the first time that an outbreak in a green dungeon had happened as soon as it appeared . Other S-rank awakeners were vacant for various reasons, such as conquering other dungeons or going abroad . But someone who would fill the vacancy appeared .

“It is still too soon to feel relieved . ”

Su-hyeun came down to the ground in the meantime took a breath and lifted his head . From the green clouds appeared in the sky, monsters were still pouring out . And among them…

“…That one . That one is a little annoying . ”

Krrrrr—

They could hear a low crying as if it rang right next to their ears .

Wooooong—

The wings of a giant monster were tearing the clouds apart .