# 78
078
‘Han Dae-seong… Han Dae-seong, why me?’
At first, he expected the kidnapper’s identity to be one of the many thugs who had a grudge against him.
As for retaliation, it was nothing new as I had experienced it many times before.
But I never thought I would see the white-haired man I saw back then here again.
“So you brought me here?”
“uh.”
“Why? I don’t remember ever holding a grudge against you. Or under someone’s orders?”
“….”
“…No. “No matter what, you don’t seem like the kind of person who would shake his ass under someone.”
“You talk as if you know me well.”
“I know.”
Hwang Jun-young said, twitching the corner of his mouth.
It took great courage just to look up at Daesung like this and make eye contact with him.
I felt like I was standing naked in front of a ferocious beast.
Daesung shook his head.
“but. “There will be a television in the detention center.”
“no. “I knew what kind of person you were before you even got your license.”
“When I heard the story, I heard that he was glaring at me from afar at that time.”
“…what? Now, how did you do that…”
On the day of the license test, Hwang Jun-young had definitely sent a sharp wary look at Daesung as he entered the entrance of the building.
But there was no sign that Daesung noticed that gaze?
“Let’s end the small talk here and get to the point.”
While Hwang Jun-young could not hide his surprise, Daesung bowed down.
Blood-red eyes stared piercingly at Hwang Jun-young.
“You know Dr. Park Dong-hyuk.”
The moment that name was mentioned.
Hwang Jun-young’s eyes, which were already wide open in shock, began to shake.
“Why does that name come out of your mouth?”
“Where is Dr. Park Dong-hyuk now? “No matter how much I searched, I couldn’t find any information.”
“of course. That friend is so much of a hikikomori that even I would stick out my tongue. “What’s worse is that even that friend’s assistant, who was famous for being outgoing, followed him and became a reclusive person.”
“You also had an assistant.”
“then. “How would you run such a large laboratory without anyone to assist you?”
“Do you know where it is?”
“…I don’t know either.”
It’s a lie.
If he doesn’t find out where Park Dong-hyuk is right now, there’s no way Heo Gong-rok will tell Dae-seong to save Hwang Jun-young, who has nothing to do with him.
‘It would be enough to look into this person’s memories with the ear’s eye…’
Unfortunately, the ear’s eye is a skill that can only be activated on the dead.
No matter how necessary it is for the purpose, you can’t just kill Hwang Jun-young, who is neither an enemy nor an ally, on the spot.
Such heartless evil deeds are something only beasts of a mixed race do.
However, one thing I was curious about was,
“Why are you protecting that guy Park Dong-hyuk so much? “He’s not even a good person.”
“Are you saying you’re not a good person? What do you not know? Park Dong-hyuk, he is one of the few righteous people I recognize.”
Hwang Jun-young spoke impassionedly, thinking that those words meant that he had not been recognized.
“When it comes to ether engineering, he is a skill that no one can match. “He may be a bit arrogant, but he is a man who is not obsessed with authority and has dedicated his life only to peace.”
“….”
“Not anymore, but… < Soul >, which was once my clan, was able to grow to this point thanks to the equipment that Park Dong-hyeok personally made.”
Regardless of the truth, Hwang Jun-young had a very high opinion of Park Dong-hyuk.
He probably hid his ugly face from the outside world and pretended to be a just person.
“If you know that well, then of course you can’t possibly know where Park Dong-hyuk is right now.”
“…shit.”
“say.”
“What business does Park Dong-hyuk have?”
“You can’t say that.”
“If that’s the case, there won’t be a conclusion to this conversation even if a thousand or ten thousand years pass. “I can’t speak either, so it’s up to you whether you kill me, save me, or chew me up.”
Hwang Jun-young raised his upper body and raised his head to meet Daesung’s eye level.
Even though Hwang Jun-young was afraid, his eyes brightened resolutely.
“No matter how much I am despised as a blind murderer to avenge my student, I seem to be a fool who would sell my friend and save my life!”
“no.”
Today is the first time I am meeting alone with Hwang Jun-young.
And in this short conversation, Daesung’s first impression of Hwang Jun-young has just been formed.
Although he is frustrating and annoying, he knows how to keep faith.
“come out.”
The moment Daesung spoke briefly.
The sound of footsteps echoed through the pitch black at the entrance of the building
.
Hwang Jun-young turned his head to the epicenter of the footsteps to see what was going on.
“Second…”
Hwang Jun-young was surprised when the identity of the footsteps slowly began to emerge through the darkness.
“Choyoung…?”
Shin Cho-young.
It turned him into a monster who had lost his mind.
Because there was a precious student there who poured that much of his heart into it.
“teacher.”
“Choyoung, why are you here…!”
Before he could finish speaking, Hwang Jun-young approached Shin Cho-young, still in shock.
Both Hwang Jun-young and Shin Cho-young looked haggard than the last time they remembered each other.
“Choyoung, are you… are you feeling okay? Fortunately, I heard on the news that you regained consciousness, but…”
“I’m fine. teacher.”
“Ah…”
“…Now I will no longer be able to use Aurors forever.”
“what…!”
The media only reported that Shin Cho-young had opened her eyes, but did not report her exact current condition.
Hwang Jun-young’s hands began to tremble at the sudden news.
“Oh, Auror… So does that mean I will never be able to become a hunter from now on?”
“yes that’s right. But…”
Shin Cho-young smiled faintly.
Just a few hours ago, I was contemplating suicide, but now being able to reunite with my teacher brings me great joy.
“are you okay. “I won’t be frustrated.”
“But what about the revenge you wanted to take from now on….”
“We’ll talk about that later, sir. “Before that.”
Shin Cho-young calmed down Hwang Jun-young, who was showing strong emotions, and then pointed to Daesung.
“Would you like to help him?”
“That man…?”
“He is the one who saved my life.”
As the unexpected words continued, Hwang Jun-young, who was looking at Daesung, wrinkled his brow as if wondering what that meant.
Shin Cho-young explained step by step what had happened.
From the gate suddenly opening and kidnapping her to Daesung’s actions in destroying them all at once along with a monster dragon that speaks human language, to the horrific sight of people being sacrificed.
As the unbelievable story continued, Hwang Jun-young’s face became more and more cold.
“That… that’s not possible…”
“I’m definitely repaying the favor. Because that’s how I learned it. Also to my deceased parents. And to the teacher too.”
“….”
“He’s not a bad person. I don’t know anything else, but this much is certain. “He may be a little rough in his ways, but he is not a person who will commit evil deeds.”
For example, Daesung did not cause any harm to Hwang Jun-young, the subject of interrogation.
Even though he probably had the power to torture him.
“Please, teacher.”
Shin Cho-young said this in a mournful tone and held Hwang Jun-young’s hand tightly.
No matter how precious the request is from my student, I cannot tell the location of my friend to the man whose intentions I do not know.
but.
Didn’t that man save Shin Cho-young’s life?
It was the same during the last license test and today too.
Haha,
Hwang Jun-young let out a long sigh and lowered his head.
“…Come with me. “It’s a place that can’t be described in words because the name of the place isn’t clear.”
***
As Hwang Jun-young said, the place they arrived was somewhere on the slopes of Dobong Mountain in Uijeongbu City.
I went up to the beginning of the mountain via the annihilating dragon, and after that I started walking up on my own two feet.
I passed Seokguram Grotto and was walking for a long time on a steep mountain with no stairs.
“It’s here.”
Suddenly, Hwang Jun-young stopped at a certain point and pointed to the ground.
Compared to other places where the twigs and roots of trees are intricately tangled, the flat land is unusually smooth.
And on that plain, a square iron gate was firmly closed.
“That friend Park Dong-hyuk’s lab is inside here.”
“You live in a very insidious way.”
“He’s a friend who doesn’t like being asked about the times of the world.”
I guess they’re doing it to avoid getting caught for their ugly and evil deeds.
Daesung thought this to himself and looked at the iron gate.
“It will never open unless you unlock it from the inside. “You should at least contact me in advance-”
Daesung lightly put his foot down on the floor, as if he was stepping on an ant.
simplicity and honesty-!
Then, the iron door, which was as strong as a bomb shelter, was crushed like crumpled toilet paper.
Kwazijic-!
Then, as if taking off a blanket, Daesung naturally tore off the iron door that was more than half crushed.
“….”
Hwang Jun-young was speechless as he watched Daesung casually break the iron door and throw himself into the hole.
Shin Cho-young shrugged her shoulders.
with a splash-!
Spray splashed violently beneath Daesung’s new model, which landed on the ground.
Beyond the iron gate, even though it was halfway down the mountainside, there was a long, sewer-like tunnel.
“You were a rat living in the gutter.”
Daesung expressed his displeasure at the foul smell of wastewater and walked away.
Chang- Chang- Chang-
Behind him, Hwang Jun-young and Shin Cho-young were coming down the ladder.
Hwang Jun-young, who had come down to the bottom of the ladder, urgently shouted.
“Joe, wait a minute! “If the crime prevention system turns around and moves all together…!”
“It’s a loud inspiration.”
It was muttered to myself, so it didn’t reach Hwang Jun-young’s ears.
Is there any reason to act noble when you are raiding the enemy’s base?
– Click.
Weeeeeee-!
At this time, both sides of the tile wall 10 meters ahead went down at the same time, and a large, pitch-black minigun came out, its barrel rotating like an electric saw blade.
Before Hwang Jun-young and Shin Cho-young, who happened to come down the ladder at the same time, could make a surprised noise.
Drurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Doo doo doo doo doo doo!!
The machine gun burst into flames with a roar that shook even the eardrums.
Bullets rained down non-stop, turning the shadow-covered tunnel bright yellow.
“Mr. Daesung!”
Shin Cho-young shouted without even being able to open her eyes due to the flashing sound that felt like a thunderstorm.
A thunderous explosion followed, and Shin Cho-young, who slowly opened his eyes, expecting that he had been turned into minced meat, saw an unbelievable sight.
“What is that…?”
Titty teeting-! Thump, thump, thump!
I thought that each bullet fired at a rate of 70 per second exploded in a straight line, but when I looked closely, I saw that without exception, every bullet was ricocheting off the wrong wall or ceiling.
[< Implements the armor of Balark, the Dragon Knight of Annihilation >.] The jet-black armor with sharp angles like fangs deflected all of Gatling’s bullets.
“Oh my god…”
Even top-quality Auror armor couldn’t withstand titanium bullets so shamelessly.
at that time.
Grumble-!
[Implement the < Fire Fire Greatsword >.]
[Implement the < Dagger of Judgment >.]
In his wide open hands, he held one large greatsword and one dagger each.
Wedge-Ack!
Daesung threw < Dagger of Judgment > towards the left minigun.
Kwasik-!
The dagger that flew through the shower of bullets fell exactly in the center of the minigun’s barrel.
Crackling-! Chik-!
While the minigun, which had an issue with its durability, was bursting with sparks and struggling, Daesung rushed towards the remaining minigun on the right and swung his sword.
Suddenly!
Gatling’s body was cut as smoothly as a radish being cut.
Hung-!
It didn’t stop there, and the knife turned to the left in a parabolic curve, cutting off the remaining minigun on the left.
“…Seeing it in person, all I can say is that you’re crazy.”
“I agree.”
Hwang Jun-young and Shin Cho-young couldn’t even take their feet off the ladder and exclaimed.
At first glance, it seemed like the urgent situation was over… but…
splash – splash –
deep beyond the tunnel.
About ten pairs of what looked like red circles were slowly approaching this way.
“Surrender.”
“Surrender.”
“Surrender.”
A dry mechanical sound that inadvertently sends chills down the spine.
Hwang Jun-young confirmed the identity of the mechanical sound with his guard up.
“Boo Bullseye…?”
What appeared to be a red circle was the eye of a bull-headed monster.
The upper body is similar to the Minotaur of Greek mythology, but the lower body is based on the body of a mountain goat.
Hwang Jun-young was confused as to why a monster called a level 2 dangerous species was here.
“Could it be possible that a gate was opened at this friend Park Dong-hyuk’s lab?!”
Although it is rare, there have been cases where gates opened under the ground.
at that time.
A moment of puzzlement appeared in Hwang Jun-young’s startled eyes.
“Is that…?”
I thought it was strange that I had just heard a mechanical sound, and then I realized that there was something like a bazooka hanging around Bullseye’s shoulder.
“Wait a minute…”
Hwang Jun-young was able to see thanks to the flames rising from the severed minigun that erased the darkness of the tunnel.
The alphabet was engraved
on the surface of the bazooka .
“Why is that on the monster’s body-”
Pewuuu-!
Before Hwang Jun-young could finish speaking, the Bazookas of Bullseye’s group fired fire all at once.
Nearly forty missiles flew toward Daeseong, leaving black-grey smoke hanging down like a tail.
In less than a second as the missile left the main gun and reached the target, Daesung’s pupils contracted like a bird of prey.
And….
go go go go go!
The undulating blade created countless afterimages, deflecting, cutting, and sending missiles flying.
Some missiles bounced off without hitting the target and fell into the waste water on the floor, extinguishing the flames.
Boom-boom-! Kugugu-
Several crashed into the ceiling and walls and exploded.
Rumbling!
“Dangerous!”
Sensing signs of danger, Hwang Jun-young shouted and attacked Shin Cho-young.
At the same time, the ceiling near them collapsed violently.
Fragments from the ceiling fell like heavy rain, and in an instant, a mountain-like wall appeared in front of them.
A cloud of dust rose up.
“Cough! Cough!”
“Choyoung! “Where are you injured?”
“It’s okay. “What about you, teacher?”
“I think I’m okay too.”
Suddenly! thud-!
The sounds of a fierce battle were echoing from the other side of the wall in front of the two.
As the wall blocked his view, Hwang Jun-young’s thoughts restarted again.
‘…. It was clearly written that way.’
are Park Dong-hyuk’s initials.
Park Dong-hyuk always engraved those initials on his inventions.
‘Why is that friend’s belongings given to the monster…’
While Hwang Jun-young was caught in confusion.
bang-!
The wall exploded and a hole appeared.
As Daesung walked in, stirring up a thick cloud of dust, Shin Choyoung glanced at Bullseye’s corpse peeking out of the hole and asked.
“Have you already gotten rid of everything?”
“uh.”
“…I got help again.”
“Because I need help too.”
After saying that, Daesung looked back at Hwang Junyoung.
I thought about tracking Park Dong-hyeok’s location with a command soldier.
However, if this place is full of other monsters like Bullseye, it would not be that easy to pinpoint and detect the scent of ‘Park Dong-hyuk’.
Although it may not be impossible, it would be inevitable to wander around this stinking basement over and over again.
Rather, it would have been more efficient to feature Hwang Jun-young, who clearly knew where Park Dong-hyuk was.
Daesung, who had reached that conclusion, helped Hwang Jun-young, who was lost in thought and a bit dazed, to his feet.
“Guide me to where Park Dong-hyuk is.”
“…okay.”
Hwang Jun-young gritted his teeth.
“I have to see with my own eyes what happened to that friend.”
Only then did Hwang Jun-young understand that something unusual was happening.
at that time.
Rumbling –
This time the entire tunnel started shaking and raining dust fell.
“Now it’s going to collapse. “I’m in a hurry.”
Daesung might not know, but there’s no way that the speed of those two will be faster than the speed at which the tunnel collapses.
Thinking that it was a hassle, Daeseong stretched out his hand and activated the seal.
[< Handaeseong Annihilation Dragon > is summoned from the seal of embodiment.]
Grrrr!
Fortunately, the size of the annihilating dragon was smaller than the width of the tunnel.
Daesung quickly took the two of them and boarded the back of the annihilating dragon.
Coo coo
coo rumble!
Spider-web-like cracks spread throughout the tunnel, and soon the ceiling began to collapse, almost covering the floor.
“depart.”
Ooooh!
The annihilator dragon let out a roar and escaped the tunnel at the same speed as a gust of wind.
***
When we reached the end of the tunnel, another iron door appeared, leading to the lab.
Shin Cho-young, the last person to get off the Extermination Dragon, looked back and muttered.
“…What should I do when I leave?”
The sewer line collapsed from end to end, leaving no room for movement due to debris piled up over 3 meters.
Hwang Jun-young,
standing in front of the lab entrance, swallowed dry saliva and asked.
“Are you going to break in?”
“uh.”
“…I knew so.”
Ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-!
Daesung lowered his knife and tore open the fully automatic door, then put his hand into the gap and ripped it off left and right.
Hwang Jun-young touched his forehead as he looked at Daesung crossing the opening and closing door.
“I did something really bad to Park Dong-hyuk…”
Hwang Jun-young and Shin Cho-young followed behind him.
Now that they found Park Dong-hyeok’s lab, they were no longer useful, but Daesung didn’t bother to throw them away.
Because it didn’t matter whether I followed or not.
“Is this place?”
As I passed through the opening and closing door, a laboratory that looked to be well over 50 pyeong was revealed.
Meanwhile, Shin Cho-young suddenly remembers the scenery of the rock cave where she met Jerome today and shows a creepy reaction.
‘It’ caught Hwang Jun-young’s eyes.
“….”
Inside the lab, where complex equipment was tangled, long glass tubes were lined up in a row.
Shin Cho-young, who belatedly discovered the glass coffin, was speechless with a pale complexion.
“This friend Park Dong-hyuk…. What on earth have you done?”
“It’s all, Captain. This.”
Inside the glass tube, humans and monsters were frozen and asleep.
From anyone’s perspective, it was a site where biological experiments were conducted on humans and monsters.
“….”
Daesung, who was quietly crossing the lab, narrowed his eyes.
Gigam cried out.
Somewhere in this laboratory, the presence of a living creature stirred wildly.
‘You reacted quickly.’
But that’s it.
There was no sign of a ‘human’.
Rattling-!
“…!”
Hwang Jun-young and Shin Cho-young teased and paid close attention to the sudden sound.
The door to the single-person air defense shelter installed in the far corner of the spacious laboratory slowly opened and someone was walking out.
“Wow, you guys are really quick.”
That voice, which sounded somewhat frivolous, was at least not the voice of Park Dong-hyuk that Hwang Jun-young remembered. The one who came out of the
shelter
was a monster with both hands sharpened like iron knives.
And in the monster’s hand,
“There must be a long distance between the tunnel and here… Did it fly in or something?”
Pop-pop….
Park Dong-hyuk’s severed neck was stitched up and bleeding.