The Protagonists Are Murdered By Me Chapter 20: 101-105, a 13 tzameti fanfic

"Just.. Just what's happening here?"

Why in the world did it turn out like this?

Perutius despaired at the sight of thousands of Chaos players rushing at him.

'Did they follow Yoo Gil-dong's order? Did he survive and run away to join the Black Dragon King?'

Just what is the problem? No, this wouldn't have happened in the first place if it weren't for the existence of Yoo Seodam.

"Die, you hypocrite!"

"Is it good playing a hero?"

A black thunderbolt hurled towards him, a rock rolled and tried to crush Perutius' head. A whip of flames slithered and burned the ground and the ground pitted with thorns made of steel all over it.

Perutius and his party endured every barrage of attack.

Their level was incomparable to the Chaos players who had no choice but to live in hiding.

All of his companions were armed with all kinds of legendary equipment on their body, and their weapons were also at least at 7 Hero-grade or higher. In addition, Perutius's level had risen sharply to 175 and his weapon was the one and only 11 Legendary-grade Holy sword in existence, making him an absurdly strong player.

Even after all those specs, 'Protagonist correction' was still in effect.

"Die!!!! I'll take your-Keuk"

The moment when an assassin player tried to slit Perutius's neck at an unbelievably perfect timing, he was killed by an arrow flying from the side.

"You guys! You can beat me in a battle of stren-ugh?! What's this rat doing in my arm!!!"

The moment a player who invested his stats on strength tried to crush him with strength, a rat fell on his hand out of nowhere.

"Die! Lunatic Blade Machine-arrgghhh!!!"

Rustle… Boom!!

A Chaos player who tried to unleash a special move after gathering energy for the last 30 minutes or so, stumbled on a rock and killed himself along with his allies.

That's right.

Perutius was extremely lucky, it was as if he took the luck of anyone around him.

However, no matter how lucky he was, he had too many opponents.

No matter how strong Perutius and his party was, it was impossible for them to deal with thousands of people.

"Kuughh!! Braveheart! You are the only one who needs to survive..!"

"Ugh! I'm sorry, Braveheart…"

"I'm sorry, warrior. I can't hold on any more…"

One by one, all his companions fell.

-Braveheart…

Perutius kept cutting, stabbing, smashing and killing.

However, when he killed one, another 2 players would rush towards him and when he killed three, five more Chaos players would charge towards him.

-Pouring out my last strength!

"Ahhhhhhhhh…!!"

[Protagonist Perutius activates the item skill 'Liat's Protection'.]

Kuung…!!

A curtain of light spread out with Perutius as the center. In an instant, the ground sunk and every player who touched the light instantly perished.

However, more than thousands of Chaos players were still alive and angry.

It was a terrible fight.

On the battlefield, where the world seemed to be slowing down, Perutius had to fight alone.

'Right… I am a hero.'

A hero chosen by the holy sword of the light, Liat.

He had only trained for a month but had become stronger than a swordsman who had trained for 10 years.

He could find what others had been looking for all their life in just one day.

When someone tried to get what they wanted by working to the bones, he could get it all at once by casually doing it.

He could easily solve something that no one could do.

He didn't have to lift a finger. No, he had not made any effort even before acquiring the 'Holy Sword'. In the first place, he was destined to become a Braveheart, so he didn't have to do anything.

'Yes, I am a Braveheart.'

Even in such a crisis, he believed it was only a tribulation for a Braveheart like him. If so, it was something he could overcome 'as usual'.

"….Liat! Let's do 'that'!"

-Br…Braveheart?

"I will try to enchant the item, and kill all those pitiful Chaos players here!"

-Wait! I'm a holy sword made for the purpose of killing 'Black Dragon King'! I can't show my full power when fighting against players like yourself!

"It's okay!"

Perutius clenched his teeth and said to Liat.

"We can do it, because I'm a Braveheart!"

The luck that came to him in time of 'crisis' involved a large amount of probability.

But. Right now, the probability was not enough.

This crisis he faced right now was not caused by the 'Black Dragon King', so the probability was extremely insufficient. And in his fierce struggle so far, he had consumed too much probability.

When he faced off against Black Dragon King's subordinate in one-on-one fight, he didn't consume too much probability. So, all probability that he gained would be converted into luck which made his enchantment success rate increase to 100%.

But not now.

[Enhancement success rate: 19.71%]

Perutius' enchantment success rate had fallen to this much.

'It's still ridiculously high."

Even if it was not 100%, it was still a crazy number because it is close to 20%. That was the result of absorbing all the possibilities around this place!

'And that also means that there is a 20% chance that I would lose.'

Yoo Seodam couldn't let it happen. He pulled out the mega-shooter from his inventory.

It was the weapon that helped him in assassinating key figures all around Pleidin. Also, because of its loud noise, Yoo Seodam got another nickname for him, which is 'Thunder Assassin'.

He slowly loaded a sniper bullet into the mega-shooter.

It wasn't just an ordinary bullet. It was a Mana-enchanted bullet. Using this very bullet, it was possible to kill a D to C rank superhuman with just one shot, and inflict a fatal wound to B to A rank superhuman.

And this time, a large amount of Mana had been poured into the bullet to further enhance its capability.

Had it been in a normal situation, the flower spirit might have mocked him by saying 'Witch is an idiot~'. Because, if one raised their Mana while trying to snipe a S-rank superhuman, the incoming attack would be easily detected, thus making it easy to avoid.

When that happens, the advantage of being a sniper disappears.

But what if the target is defenseless?

What if the attack can never be avoided?

"Believe in me, who believes in you! Liat!"

-Br….braveheart!

Finally, Perutius let out a ferocious roar.

"Item enchantment!"

[Protagonist Perutius uses 'Enhance Item (-)' skill.]

[The probability of the event is gathering.]

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When his cries resounded all over the world, a brilliant beam of light descended on his Holy sword, Liat!

Taang!!

A powerful bullet that would kill even the strongest superhuman was fired at Perutius's head.

[·….A crisis arises for the protagonist Perutius!]

[The protagonist Perutius converted all the available probability into good luck!]

Wooon!!!!

Ku gu gu gu gu…!!

That moment,

The space twisted, wind rages, the ground was dug, and the world shook, and the bullet failed to reach Perutius and disappeared farther away.

The world itself moved for his sake!

"…..Heoeok!"

For a moment, Perutius was relieved that he's still alive, but not for too long.

-Br…Braveheart…. I don't feel so good. (T/N Peterr?!?!)

Suddenly, Holy sword Liat began to scream.nov𝗲𝓵𝓊𝓈𝓑dot𝑐\o\𝑚

"Li…Liat! Why is it all of a sudden!"

-Braveheart! Cancel the enchantment right away… Oh, ah! Braveheart! Nooo..o..o…

[Item enhancement failed!]

Fwoosh!

"…huh?"

Perutius came to his senses and realized that the Holy sword Liat, which he held in both hands just a moment ago, had disappeared.

"What…?"

Perutius looked down with empty eyes.

"Liat, Liat? Liat, answer me. This, this… This can't be…"

He was Braveheart. And, he had never failed in item enchantment so far. When faced with a crisis, he was always able to overcome adversity by unlocking Liat's hidden power.

Why did it fail…?

Unable to cope with harsh reality, Perutius stumbled to his knees.

"…Aracelli was right. This was Yoo seodam's plans all along."

Out of nowhere, someone said so to him.

"What do you think? That's the result of ignoring those who trained hard and only believing in your luck."

Perutius did not notice that it was the voice of Pasios. However, it was good for Pasios.

"……I will kill them all."

Slowly rising from his knees, Perutius pulled out another weapon from his inventory. The white sword with red letters carved on its surface was only a hero-grade weapon, but he thought it didn't matter as long as it could cut down the enemy.

"Yoo Seodam, that guy…. I will kill him!!!"

"Are you sure you have any time for that?"

Passios smiled as he said, and disappeared right after.

Soon Perutius realized what it meant.

Du Du Du Du Du Du…!!

From a distance, the sound of tens of thousands of troops advancing rang out.

It wasn't just Perutius who was taken aback, the Chaos players also felt the same.

"What…?"

"What, what is that!"

"It's the elite cavalry of the Marodon Empire!"

"Damn it. Why now!!"

Raising the white flag of the Marodon Empire, the elite troops began to advance!

They didn't know how they came so quickly.

They didn't even know how they could come at this timing and why.

But the most important thing was one.

"Look at those Chaos players! Look at Perutius, who was praised as a Braveheart!"

The fact was that the Princess came here to hunt players!

"Can we still call them heroes even after they join hands with the Black Dragon King?"

"Well, that's a misunderstanding! I did not join hands with the Black Dragon King…!"

Yes, Perutius came to Yormun fortress because he heard that it was taken by the Black Dragon King's army, so he could say that he was an ally of the Empire.

However, the princess had already decided that Perutius needed to be killed, so it was a useless excuse.

Chaos players also shouted that the princess treatment was unfair.

"Don't talk nonsense! We haven't even seen the Black Dragon King!"

"Yeah! We're just gathered here because we need to talk with Yoo Seodam!"

"There is no King of Black Dragon here…!"

However, when they were busy making excuses, Yoo Seodam had already put the next plan in motion. He woke up the Black Dragon King's subordinates who were sleeping in the basement of Yormun Citadel, to forcefully trigger the 'episode'.

Kuohoh…!!

A monster resembling a black gorilla appeared and spewed black magic all over the place.

And it was enough to anger the imperial army.

"See that! That's the ugly truth of Chaos players! However, there is nothing to be scared of! Because I, Ryu Hye-ian and Marodon are with you! Fight against it! Kill all the false heroes who sold their souls to the Black Dragon King! We have never been defeated in the fight against the Black Dragon King!"

It was a situation filled with confusion.

With Chaos players fighting each other, a giant monster that emerged from the destroyed fortress, the imperial army surrounding it, and Perutius who stood at the middle of all, it was a total mess.

"Hahaha……"

Imperial Army and Chaos players.

Seeing all of them rushing to kill him, Perutius let go of his sword and bowed his head.

[You've successfully hunted a level 175 protagonist.]

Eventually, the one who was once called a Braveheart was trampled by tens of thousands of people and disappeared without even leaving a trace.

The war didn't last long.

Chaos players were also completely wiped out by the imperial forces shortly afterward, and the Black Dragon King's subordinate could not withstand the attack from the imperial army.

"Wow ahhhhhh!!"

"We wiped the player!"

"We defeated Black Dragon King's subordinate!"

"Hurray, Her Majesty!"

"Hurray!"

While everyone was celebrating their victory.

'Professor, where is the professor?'

Aracelli ran in hurry under the protection of the imperial army.

The other day, she had exhausted all her Mana, so it was impossible for her to go directly to the battlefield. She had no choice but to stay behind.

But now, the war was finally over, and the one blessed with 'the source of the world' had also died.

In the end, just like in another world, Her professor, Yoo Seodam saved the world again.

'By the way…… No one knows.'

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Everyone praises the princess Ryu Hye-ian and the sorcerer Redurun.

But they weren't the real people to be praised,it was Yoo Seodam.

"Heo-eok, cough! Cough!"

Her young body started to feel heavy. Her lungs were gasping for airs. but she never stopped running.

'Professor, where the hell…?'

She traversed the battlefield of tens of thousands of people while preventing herself from vomiting blood.

And finally.

"Professor!!!!!"

In the innermost corner of the battlefield, neglected by everyone. She could see Yoo Seodam staring at Perutius's corpse.

'Ah.'

She wasn't wrong.

His white eyes were something she hadn't seen before, but those playful eyes were definitely his. Despite decades having passed since the last time she saw him, Yoo Seodam's hairstyle was still the same. His outfit has become a little unique. He was wearing something like steel armor, not the coat she knew.

A lot had changed.

However, he was still Yoo seodam.

"Ah….Aa!" (It was like stuttering)

While feeling the tearing pain on her lungs, Aracelli squeezed all her available Mana and ran toward Yoo Seodam. She barely pushed away the cheering imperial army to reach him.

She came to a realization,

There's no way she crossed between dimensions all of her life just to say 'thank you'.

Didn't her beating heart after seeing him prove it?

'My heart is like this while I was looking for the professor.'

The whole world was shining brightly.

"Professor….!"

At that moment..

Suddenly, the space began to distort. Yoo Seodam's body was engulfed in a golden light.

[10…9…8…]

'Ah….?'

Intuitively, Araceli was able to figure out what it was.

After completing his mission, Yoo Seodam would always go away silently, ignoring everyone.

Just like the day when he saved her.

Once again,

"Oh no!!!"

She screamed with all her might. She could feel the iron taste of blood on her mouth.

"No, Professor! Don't leave! Please, I am here! professor! Aracelli is here!"

[6…5…4…]

As if he heard Aracelli's desperate scream. Yoo Seodam turned his head.

"What….?"

Finally, the blue and white pupils met each other.

"You….."

"Professor, please! Don't go!"

But it was already too late.

[2…1…0]

After Yoo Seodam's body completely disappeared. Aracelli fell to the floor. She was gasping for airs while staring at the place he once stood.

Thud!!

"Oh!"

As she supported herself with her trembling arms, Aracelli slowly raised herself up.

"Ah, uh…"

He had disappeared. Without even leaving a trace.

Aracelli couldn't feel Yoo Seodam's presence anymore.

She could only scan the place he previously stood with her fingertips. In the end she wasn't able to catch the professor again.

At that time, Aracelli hung her head in hopelessness and loss.

Wooooss…. Craaackkk!

But, suddenly, the air began to crack, and someone's hand popped out of nowhere.

"Uh…?

The crack in the space gradually widened, and eventually it became the size of an adult's upper body.

Probability is needed to forcefully tear a dimension!

Currently, there is no residual amount of probability, so it consumes 'lifetime' instead!

Yoo Seodam came out from the torn space. He made eye contact with Aracelli one more time.

"……How the hell did you come here?"

"Professor?"

As Aracelli opened her eyes wide as if she couldn't believe it, Yoo seodam, was frowning at her with his hand reaching for her cheek.

"Why did you do this?"

"Ugh!"

As soon as his hand touched her, her body, which had grown younger after being affected by the fragments of time, gradually grew into her mid-twenty body.

"Professor…."

"That's right. It's me. You are Aracelli, right?"

"Yes Yes! You are right. I, Aracelli…"

What should I say?

She belatedly realized that Yoo Seodam was sweating profusely.

'Ah…..'

She had only been traveling between dimensions by pursuing someone else's trail, but Yoo Seodam, her professor was tearing the dimensional wall itself and trying to stay at this place.

She knew just by looking at Yoo seodam. He wouldn't last longer.

There's no time.

She needed to tell him what she wanted to say quickly.

'Thank you. Thanks to you, my life…' she was originally going to say that.

However, the moment she encountered him, she couldn't say anything.

Instead.

'I have to leave my mark!'

No matter which world Yoo Seodam would travel to, or in which time period, she would be able to track him.

So Aracelli put her hand on his neck and pressed her lips on Yoo Seodam's lips.

"Ugh?"

When Mana flowed towards his lips, Yoo seodam could feel something warm and soft at once, and unknowingly, he swallowed it. Soon after her lips were removed, Aracelli hurried up and spoke up as the dimension wall began to reconstruct and Yoo Seodam's body began to fade.

"I miss you! I really, really miss you."

She smiled more beautifully than ever, and added her last word.

"Now……wherever you go, I will surely follow you, Professor."

(BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM~~~~~~~~)

Aracelli stared at the place where Yoo Seodam had disappeared into.

She had put a mark on his body, and it would never disappear.

Although now… Yoo Seodam has gone too far for her to detect the signal, but she would surely notice the moment Yoo Seodam moved to another dimension again.

'… Until then, I have to recover my Mana.'

With that determination, Aracelli stood up from her seat, and Ryu Hye-ian, the royal princess, walked towards her and spoke.

"Didn't you say, you are a wizard from another world?"

"Well, maybe?"

"You look considerably older than before."

Unlike her 14 year old appearance from before, she had now grown up quite a bit, making her appear mysterious. It was hard to determine her age. But, overall, Aracelli had a much more mature vibe compared to before.

'Did the professor temporarily ease the side effect of travelling through the fragments of time…? How did he do it?'

Her young appearance was only a temporary effect, but thankfully, in the Pleidin continent, her age didn't become a big problem.

"Are you….. leaving right away?"

After a while, Aracelli shook her head.

"No. I can't determine Professor's whereabouts yet. And I still need time to recover my Mana."

"That's good. So, do you have any plans to work at our empire for the time being? I heard that you have a considerable level of magical knowledge. From now on, in order to overcome the player monopoly system, we, the people of the continent need a 'strength'. And you have the knowledge to do so."

Aracelli stared at Ryu Hye-ian's eyes. Since she became a sage, she was able to distinguish people's intention with a simple eye contact. Of course, it wasn't like she completely knew it, it was only a rough estimate at best.

She could at least tell that the woman in front of her wasn't lying about her sincere desires to help her own people.

"I would love to. However, there are two conditions."

The first.

"When the Pleidin continent is freed from the player monopoly system to some extent…. please properly disclose the reality behind how Yoo Seodam almost became in history as the worst villain to the world. I want his achievements to be known by everyone."

"……Is that so?"

Ryu Hye-ian was also aware that the evil deeds committed by the man named Yoo Seodam were in fact good deeds.

However, considering the fact that the empire decided to suppress the players because of 'Evil Yoo Seodam', it would be very contradictory and arduous to revert his image back to a 'Hero'.

But, Hye-ian felt too sorry to refuse the request of the mysterious woman in front of her. And in the end, she agreed to Aracelli's demand.

"It's not a difficult request. People of the continent need a new hope, a new hero to look up to after the fake hero disappeared."

"Good."

"Then what's the second condition?"

Aracelli replied to Hye-ian's question with a smile.

"Please give me food. The menu is tomato bacon sandwich, cheese hotteok, and rice cake soup without dumplings."

It was the exact same menu that Professor Yoo Seodam gave her when she was starving back in Vivienda Academy.

[Successfully returned to the original world.]

[The time difference has been normalized.]

With a floating feeling akin to entering a zero-gravity chamber, Yoo Seodam found himself back in his room.

Slam!!

He threw his tired body on the bed

"uh….."

Cold sweat was still dripping all over his body.

Hunter Yoo Seodam!! Do you know just how dangerous it was?

Because of that momentary judgment, more than a year's worth of lifeforce has been consumed!

"Ah… is it?"

It wasn't a problem that could be brushed off so casually! Fyuuuhhhh….

"Sorry. I won't do that again next time."

Yoo Seodam whipped the sweat that trickled down on his forehead while recalling the girl he had just seen.

Apparently, that child was Aracelli Rinekal, the girl he had met at Vivienda Academy. She was a magician who was destined to become an archmage and save the world in the future.

"…How on earth did she cross the dimension?"

Dimensional traveling… was in fact, not that rare. It can be said that it is close to impossible to do it through scientific and magical technology, but this world is full of holes. It means that if you are born with the qualities of a Hero, you can move freely through those holes.

In fact, the protagonists who received the probability of the world could travel dimensions as easily as if they were eating meals. Yoo Seodam himself was also using Dimensional traveling using the probability he received from hunting to return to Earth.

"Then, did she really cross dimensions just to find me? But, wasn't the time difference between Vivienda and Earth like two to three times? Only three years have passed, right?"

Hunter Yoo Seodam wouldn't be aware because you only travel back and forth to Earth. Her time difference is quite distorted because she has traveled to countless dimensions. She even interfered with the time by herself several times.

"Is that so…"

Yoo Seodam was very surprised. He never thought that he would even meet the genius girl who once lost her confidence again.

He gently touched his lips. He could still feel the sensation of her pink lips and saliva that entered his mouth.

It was even more embarrassing because he got it from a child that was always so unenergetic. Yet, for this once she was quite bold.

"Don't tell me, will she come to Earth?"

Looking at the degree of her skill, it seems impossible at the moment. She couldn't even stabilize her own 'time difference'.

"…Is that so? She's still amazing regardless."

He thought for a moment.

He was quite taken aback when he met Aracelli, but when he thought about it some more, it wasn't that bad. To be honest, there were one or two things he found out of place in the last mission, but what if it was the result of Aracelli's assistance?

'The groups of Chaos players who flocked at me and the imperial army who joined the fray….'

Perhaps Aracelli had noticed his existence and she moved the forces in her own way to help him.

In the end, thanks to her help, the hunt for the protagonist, which originally only had 50% success rate, ended successfully.

"Is there a chance to meet her again next time…?"

Yes. She had engraved a mark on your body…. I dare to say, even if you run to the end of world, you wouldn't be able to hide from her.

"I….is that so? That's…. scary."

After calming his mind, Yoo Seodam finally checked his quest reward.

[1750 days of lifespan has been paid.]

[Your current Lifespan: 6800 Days, 7 Hours 18 Minutes]

[Your level has been raised by 5.]

[You absorbed 'Vitality (SS)' talent.]

Yoo Seodam

[Level: 145]

Stats

[Strength: 142] [Stamina: 155] [Agility: 143]

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[Energy: 1] [Mana: 200]

Talent

[Swordsmanship S] [Hunting D] [Shooting C]

[Cooking D-] [Intuition A] [Quick-wit A]

[Insight B] [Vital SS] [Others…]

Skill

[Protagonist Hunter Lv. 4]

[White swordsmanship (S)]

[Sixth sense (C)]

[Ara-Sunyoung Mana Circling technique (SS)]

[Library of the White Witch (E)]

[Inventory(S)]

[Dharma Heavenly wind god technique (SS)]

[Concentration (S)]

Yoo Seodam was slightly disappointed because his level did not reach 150. But it was okay, because he gained a considerable amount of lifespan even after losing 360 days of lifespan for tearing the dimensional door for a few seconds.

However, his stats were a little strange.

"My physical strength… exceeded the level? Mana has also skyrocketed."

It seems to be the effect of talent 'Vitality'.

"Vitality?"

It is commonly referred to as either essence or energy. It is the foundation of all things. In addition to the stats, it is estimated that there will be significant changes within the body.

"Hoh….."

S rank was equal to level 150. Currently, Yoo Seodam was only level 145, which was a little short from S rank. However, due to the effect of the 'Vitality', his physical strength was close to an S rank, and his Mana was at the level of SS rank.

It means that he had reached the level of 7th circle even though he only used grade 1 magic!!

Somehow, he could feel that his body was more energized than before. It wasn't as fraudulent as the skill he got the other day, but it was okay to improve the specs of the body itself.

"Then….."

Now that he had checked his stats, it was finally time to check his spoils of war.

On top of the unique-grade, epic-grade and the hero-grade boots that he obtained while working with Perutius, Yoo Seodam was able to bring 3 more hero-grade items.

He got an armor Brilliant Vow of the 'Bright season' 5, a weapon, The setting twilight, the 'Lost Morningstar' 5, and an inner armor Death of Dawn.

Brilliant Vow of the 'Bright season' 5

Grade: Hero

limit

Level 150nov𝖊𝑙𝐮𝓈𝔟\𝗰/o\𝓶

Strength 165

Effect

Defense 500BP

Light Resistance 125

Dark Resistance -25

Light Efficiency 85

Prefix option

Brilliant: Increases defense of light element barrier skills by 1500BP.

Suffix option

Vow: Doubles the duration of Light Property Barrier Skills.

Special skills

Bright Barrier: Creates a 5m diameter barrier for 10 seconds. Defense 3000BP

Armor made of light. It's fairly light, but very strong! Creatures with the light attribute would feel slight affinity with the wearer.

Yoo Seodam tried it on, he expected it would be very thick and stuffy because it was an armor, but in reality, it was just like putting a sweater on a coat.

The base color of this armor was white, and there was a gold pattern engraved on top of it. It was a pretty cool armor.

In addition, the skill 'Bright Barrier' seemed to be a skill that could instantly protect you and everyone around you. It would come pretty handy to use it when you don't have enough Mana or when you can't use magic.

The setting twilight, the 'Lost MorningStar' 5

Class: Hero

Limit

Level 150

Strength 150

Agility 125

Effect

Attack 480 AP

Evil Property Efficiency 300

Defense Penetration 27%

Prefix option

Dusk: Reduces the recovery of the enemy.

Suffix option

Dawn: Ignore the attacking enemy's DEF by an additional 5%.

Special skills

Lifesteal: Whenever you cut an enemy, you absorb some of their energy.

Sword known to have been cursed. Whenever it cuts an enemy, it absorbs their strength and decreases their defense. It has an evil tendency, and rumor said the wielder of this sword will go crazy.

A sword with a strong property of 'evil'. It was hard to believe that it was a sword held by the Braveheart. The attack power (AP) of this weapon exceeded the attack power of the swords created by the ether dispenser craftsman. At this point, this sword could easily enter the top 10 of most excellent swords on Earth. Of course, Yoo Seodam wasn't sure because he had never seen such great swords himself.

There was one fatal flaw in this weapon. It was the fact that the user could go crazy. But…..

[Concentration(S) resists the effect of the item.]

Yoo Seodam had the correct skill to counter it. There was no problem for him to wield it.

Death of Dawn

Class: Hero

Limit

None

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Effect

Defense 50AP

Prefix option

None

Suffix option

None

Special skills

Rejection of Death: When the wearer is in crisis, a 'darkness' with 1000 BP will cover the wearer's skin for 5 minutes. This skill will heal the user's wounds using the BP throughout the duration, but when the effect is canceled, it causes extreme fatigue to the user and sharp reduction to their lifespan.

Lastly, it was 'inner armor'. Inner armor was basically a supportive gear worn inside the armor. However, this inner armor had a ridiculously low defense power even though it was a Hero-grade item. But it was important to notice that its skill would activate once the wearer falls into crisis.

Even a legendary-grade 1000BP's defense wasn't good enough to last for 5 minutes. But this inner armor would even heal wounds on top of 1000BP! Unfortunately, if you use this skill, your lifespan will be drastically reduced, so the Braveheart Perutius did not use it.

However, Yoo Seodam was different. If he could keep his life in exchange for some lifespan, he would happily wear it. It was because he could recover his lifespan whenever he wanted.

Besides, this inner armor had no restriction, so it was possible for him to wear it immediately.

"Hmm…"

Death of Dawn was a mysterious object that resembles ether coating. However, unlike ether coating, Death of Dawn was an item that stuck to the body of its wearer. The problem is, it was quite embarrassing. It was fortunate that if it was 'deactivated', the black mass would only concentrate around his chest and wasn't normally visible.

Anyway, as a result, it was a very satisfying item farming. If Yoo Seodam converted all of these items into money, he would instantly get several millions of dollars.

"Some of the Epic accessories can be handed out as a gift…."

Yoo Seodam spent half a year at Pleidin, but less than ten days had passed on Earth. Because he's a guild master now, a gap of more than a week could have been quite fatal, so he had to check the guild condition out as soon as possible.

He put 'end of dispatch' at his messenger profile and checked at the messages people had sent towards him.

By the way.

"Hmm?"

For some reason, there were quite a lot of text messages from the 'masters' of the Kendo Association. Not only that, there were also considerable contacts from mathematicians and scientists from all over the world, mostly about 'Mugong' or 'Magic'.

"This……"

Yoo Seodam hurriedly changed his clothes into a suit and left his house. He was going to the Guild hideout.

It didn't take long for Seodam to reach the guild hideout. He walked through the garden and went to the high white building. As soon as he arrived, Yekaterina greeted him from the gap between the piled up documents.

"Uh? Seodam-nim, you are here?"

"…What is all this?"

"Eung? Didn't Seodam-nim ask me to have a good talk with Masters from the Kendo Association if they called? When I did this and that, it became like this….."

"Huh?"

Yoo Seodam remembered it. He indeed ordered Yekaterina to do so before he went out to another world. Because, for the past few months, he was in constant contact with the sword masters of Kendo association, and he was willing to pass the modernized 'Monster hunting Mugong'.

However, he didn't expect things to be this big.

Yekaterina once again said,

"I brought in some experts who wanted to visit. Ha Sun-young was the one who taught them. Oh, and some scholars who want to learn magic also came. First of all, in order not to be pushed by the Morian guild, I thought we need to be more active with Magic, so I plan to announce our Magic sooner or later."

"Wow.. Re…really?"

While Seodam was away to another world, a huge gymnasium was built in the middle of the garden. It wouldn't have been difficult to make, they just need to order some spirit to build it.

Inside the gymnasium, Yoo Seodam could see Ha Sun-young was teaching martial arts to the sword masters, together with Ye Sa-hye.

"The help of the girl named Ye Sa-hye is great. Man… she was very smart."

"What kind of help?"

"Ha Sun-young was indeed using Mugong very well……. But, her teaching skills are a bit…. right?"

"….."

Yoo Seodam knew it very well. He clearly remembered that he was an inch away from tearing his own hair when he learned about Mugong from Ha Sun-young.

"Ye Sa-hye had interpreted Ha Sun-young's knowledge to fit the modern people's common sense and it made it easier for everyone to learn. I've never held a sword before, but I can roughly understand the principle after hearing her explanation."

"It was indeed amazing."

Yoo seodam nodded.

Interpreting Ha Sun-young's words so that anyone could understand it?

Translating those alien-way of teaching? Ye Sa-hye skill had indeed exceeded the level of 'Genius'.

"Looks like I need to increase her salary…."

In conclusion.

'I didn't do anything, but the guild is running smoothly..?'

It was hard to figure out just how good Yekaterina ran the guild in the ten days of his absence. In addition, she was also studying Korean law that she did not know, and on her desk, there was a laptop with numerous laws written on it.

"You….. You are really the best in many ways."

"Woohoo, is that so? Well, I could run the guild according to my taste, so it's pretty fun. Oh, may I have a magic engineering facility up there? I only need a little budget, a little bit…. No, I need a lot… I want to conduct a magic experiment personally."

"Tell me anything you need, I'll even sell my organs to build anything you need."

"Oh, no. That's okay."

Yekaterina smiled gently and got up from her seat and approached Seodam.

Somehow, she looked quite tired, the dark circles under her eyes were darker than before. Yekaterina slightly hesitated before opening her mouth.

"Well, I have to 'recharge the battery' slowly……."

"Battery? What are you talking about?"

"That…. Um. Because my soul was inside Yoo Seodam-nim's world, I can't recover any energy for my soul alone. I need to get it through Seodam-nim… My energy has reached the bottom since a long time ago."

"Is that really so? So, what do you need to do?"

At his words, Yekaterina sighed a little.

"I need to charge my energy just like a smartphone. And I could only do that through Yoo Seodam-nim, because my soul belongs to Yoo Seodam-nim."

As she did, Yekaterina came up toward Yoo Seodam and stretched out her hands with a tense look.

'I've been through it last time, so I can stand it this time.'

She remembers the dizzying pleasure she had the other day. She was embarrassed because it was her first time feeling something like that, but this time, it would be different.

She closed her mouth, took a deep breath, and slowly placed her hand on his chest…

"Oh, huh?!"

….She stumbled down to the floor.

'What, what is it? what happened···?'

A dizzying sensation, as if she had been electrocuted by a high-voltage electric current, flowed through her body.

"What happened to you again?"

"Yo…You.. What have you been doing?"

She was certain.

The sensation she felt just now wasn't because she was unable to adapt. It was simply because Yoo Seodam's soul had become too powerful, the amount of energy that flowed into her had also increased by miles!

Now she was afraid to even touch him. However, if she didn't touch him, her spirit could be completely exhausted.

'No, still, this is wrong, this is…. This is really…….'

However, there's no way Yoo Seodam would leave Yekaterina who stumbled to the floor alone.

'Ah…..'

As Yoo Seodam reached out to hold her, she looked at his arms with a pale expression and closed her eyes tightly.

'…I'm done for now.'

Fire Spirit Hwarereuk was one among the many spirits that worked in Yoo Seodam's garden. His main job was to grow cabbage. His other jobs were still related farming (tomato, corn, potato, strawberry, pepper, wheat, barley, radish, etc.).

For Hwarereuk, farming was a truly enjoyable and rewarding job. Was there any better job than raising lives with your own hands? Hwarereuk took pride on his work, because whenever these vegetables grow, the energy inside the Floating garden would be replenished.

"Hey Hwarereuk. Things going well?"

"Hey Zorrereuk, you came?"

The water spirit, Zorrereuk, came to the field where Hwarereuk was working. He, too, was one of the farmers working here, and his side job… Well, it was too long to tell you about his side job, so, let's omit it.

(T/N It's not me… The raw really said that.

E/N: I wouldn't hold it against you if you did so lol)

"The harvest is really good these days."

The 'these days' Hwarereuk and Zorrereuk said, refers to days after Yoo Seodam took control of the dimension. All the spirits inside the floating garden were so happy they could die. Originally, all Yoo Seodam wanted to do was make the spirits work for his sake, but ironically, it had become an act of invigorating the dying spirits.

"I would like to be with the fruits all my life."

"The same is true for me."

While Hwarreuk and Jorrereuk were busy tending vegetables and fruits for four seasons, dozens of people suddenly appeared next to the Vinyl house and the paddy fields.

With two women, Ye Sa-hye and Ha Sun-young at the forefront, a whopping number of 50 men were jogging with their upper body exposed.

The two spirits shook her head in bewilderment towards the men who passed by with 'Heut! Heut!' noise.

"I really can't understand humans."

"What are they doing this early?"

Right after Hwarereuk and Jorereuk said so, the 52 humans, including Ha Sun-young and Ye Sa-hye, began to perform all sorts of activities. They climbed a cliff at an angle that is close to 90 degrees without any equipment, they also jumped and sprinted with their teeth clenched through a structure that looks like a staircase that would span for hundreds of floors.

It was as if they were preparing themselves to join a Triathlon race. They trained so hard to the point it would be understandable if some of them died in the process. But fortunately, there was no one who was left behind.

Because, each of those 50 people was actually a sword master who were active in the society!

They were born as men, lived all their lives for the sword, and only looked at the sword. However, even if they trained for all their life, they were nothing but a slightly strong human. They wouldn't be able to overcome an E-rank superhuman with a body without superpower.

When they were finally given a chance, how could they give up?

'Let's join Yoo Seodam's guild, Another league!'

To join Another league, they had to give up all of their influence in the society as well as the dojo they ran, many masters couldn't easily make such a decision and come here. Nevertheless, the fact that 50 sword masters gathered within a short period of time meant that they were really hungry for swordsmanship.

They are the ones who were most desperate for swordsmanship!

Ha Sun-young ran in front of those people with a smile on her face.

She was so happy that no one was left behind. This simple jogging was actually difficult for a body that didn't have any superpower. Even the guys who dealt with Qi in Jungwon Moorim were whining about this training because it was so difficult.

'As expected from a master!'

Even though Ha Sun-young was in the position of teaching swordsmanship to them, she deeply respected them.

She knows that each and every single one of them just couldn't learn swordsmanship properly because they weren't given the opportunity to learn martial arts. But in the end, the purpose of pursuing swordsmanship was all the same. In addition, there were some masters who had been training for more than 40 years, it was almost the same period of time with her.

That was why she respected the masters, and the masters also felt the same way towards her.

"Is it difficult!?!?"nov𝖊𝐋𝓊𝒮𝐁\𝒸/o\𝗆

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"NO!"

"GOOD! Then, one more lap just like this!"

"OOOO!!!"

It may seem like an ignorant way of exercising at the first glance, but in fact, that simple jogging was an act of laying the foundation for building 'Inner-qi'. And for masters who already trained their body for decades, their learning rate of Sunyoung's swordsmanship was fast. Also, their inner qi was growing rapidly, day after day.

"Let's go!"

"LET'S GOOO!"

Ha Sun-young was having the most fun compared to anyone else.

Her crude swordsmanship, that no one recognized throughout her journey in Jungwon Moorim, was finally receiving some recognition.

'Ha Sun-young. Your swordsmanship is more modern than anyone else's.'

'Yeah I know I'm a little bit modern!'

'…….'

'…So, what are you trying to say?'

'Your swordsmanship is the only martial art that can be altered easily based on the opponent you meet. …Doesn't that sound like a swordsmanship that was specially created to deal with monsters?'

'Is that so? Right? Right!'

She seriously didn't know. She thought her own swordsmanship was nothing but a mismatched rag.

However, Yoo Seodam, a man who acquired the highest level of martial arts, superpower, and hunting skill, recognized her swordsmanship. He said that her swordsmanship was something that specialized for the battle against monsters.

'Ha Sun-young, by any chance… Are you willing to teach swordsmanship to sword masters on Earth?'

It was such an attractive suggestion that excited her heart.

'Of course!'

She finally got a disciple, on top of that, they were sword masters of Earth!

She finally could spread her swordsmanship into the world.

Yoo Seodam had to meet quite a few people after his return from another world. Most of them were world-class scientists who wanted to study magic or large companies that wanted to cooperate technically, but he had to meet a lot of 'masters' before that.

The degree of enthusiasm of those masters could not be compared to the scientists. They trained their body in extreme conditions that made Yoo Seodam shake his head dumbfoundedly. Their passion was really admirable.

It was only two weeks since they started learning swordsmanship properly. However, surprisingly, after only two weeks, everyone had become an E rank superhuman or even higher!

Ha Sun-young jumped in elation. She said it was unprecedented even in Murim's history. But the result may be natural as all the masters had gone through the rough and arduous path for decades. With the help of the shortcut presented in front of them, it was only a matter of course that they grew in a smooth sailing highway.

Masters will be able to grow as much as the effort they put. Besides, they all belonged to the Another League…. Even if the guild hunting rate slowed down considerably these days, in the near future, the guild will grow at an explosive rate.

And then, magic.

While Mugong was something that was studied by those who held a sword. Magic was a natural language for all Mathematicians because Magic and Math were closely connected.

Although he has not yet properly taught magic to anyone, Seodam has met quite a few mathematicians and students. He had publicly announced that he was willing to teach magic to them. His magic was now proven to be superior to the magic of Morian Guild of Russia.

Even now, Morian Guild has been keeping Another League in check. So, it is really the right time to be active, because many people wanted the teachings of Another League as well as Yoo Seodam.

Of course, Yekaterina was going to do the teaching as well.

Even though Yoo Seodam had told her that she didn't have to teach, Yekaterina firmly said she would do it. It was her dream to build her own magic system as well as a magic tower in the modern age.

For Yekaterina, the word 'Dream' was always synonymous to pain. But now she was able to live her dreams with confidence, and she had someone who could help her in realizing her dream. Even though it was a little hard, she was confident she could realize it by working to the bones.

The magic tower.

It was a place where everyone could freely discuss and learn magic as discipline, not as someone else's property. If that happens, everyone would be able to learn and use magic without being envious of superhuman.

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And since it was also Yoo Seodam's dream, there was no reason for him to object.

'I have to find someone who can do administrative work or else….'

Seodam was worried about that. Just this morning, Taylor Nine came to him and said 'Hey! Let's hunt for a bit!' It was quite ridiculous for the guild master to go hunting without thinking about working. But it was also true that there weren't enough people to work at Another league.

Fortunately, the reason Yoo Seodam was able to meet dozens of people a day and maintain the guild was entirely thanks to Yekaterina. Had it not been for her, Another League would have collapsed dozens of times already.

In the early afternoon.

After the day's workload was finished to some extent, and when the break time came, Yoo Seodam laid down on the sofa in the private lounge.

"I'm tired and I'm dying……"

As he massaged his forehead and tried to stretch his stiff body, the door opened and Yekaterina came in with a gloomy expression.

"…I am tired too."

"Yeah. I can see that."

As Seodam beckoned, Yekaterina ran and crawled into his arms. As soon as their body touched, an intense stimulation flowed towards Yekaterina but unlike before, she had gotten used to it.

'This, I can only hold on to this level…'

There was a reason behind the intense energy that harassed her body just with a simple contact with Yoo Seodam the other day. It was because the amount of energy remaining in her body had fallen to almost 1%. It was only natural that the stimulus would be strong when her energy was so low.

So, after that day, Yekaterina made frequent contact with Yoo Seodam in order to maintain her energy at around 8-9%. Thanks to that she wouldn't be assaulted by an intense stimulation as before.

In other words, it was important to keep her energy level as high as possible. However, even after one day of charging, she could only recover around 10% of energy

There's a big difference in having 10% energy and 1%.

In 1%, she would do everything sluggishly. Even when her eyes were opened, the world felt like it was spinning. And for 10%, her whole body was really full of vitality and she felt energetic.

It was a miracle that she had been able to work hard with only 1% of energy so far.

"…Are you really tired?"

"Yes… a little."

Yoo Seodam felt sorry as he saw the figure of the peacefully resting Yekaterina. She was the last to join the guild, yet, she had run the guild harder than anyone else. She also loved the guild a lot.

Yoo Seodam glanced at his watch. It will be dinner time soon, but there's no problem in skipping a meal.

"I have a lot of time, so I'll be with you for a long time today."

"……."

Yekaterina's figure was quite small. when she was being held in Yoo seodam's arms, she could put her ears on her chest.

Thump, thump.

Listening to his heart made her feel more comfortable than anything else in the world. It was warm and comfortable as if she had returned to her mother's womb.

Would it feel like this when she lay in the cradle of heaven?

She didn't want to be disturbed by anyone when she was receiving her daily dose of energy comfortably.

-Huh… I wouldn't have any regret if I died like this…

"Really? But I do this to prevent you from dying."

-……Eh!

Yekaterina's monologue rang in Yoo Seodam's head. The act of hugging itself was a kind of 'soul communion' which allowed them to speak telepathically while recharging her energy.

Her face was beet red. She was embarrassed because Yoo Seodam knew her thoughts. But she didn't take her body off him just because of it.

-······I'll sleep a little bit.

Yekaterina leaned against Yoo seodam's chest. She listened to the beating sound of his heart and slowly fell asleep. In other hands, Yoo seodam gently stroked her head.

The sun was slowly falling.

It was a quiet and peaceful evening.

In the early morning, unlike usual, Yekaterina went to work with a very lively mood.

"Hello, uncle spirits!"

"Hello, Miss! You have a nice complexion today!"

"Yes! I had a really good rest last night."

"Did you also have a good meal?"

"Unfortunately, no…."

The Spirits were not particularly hostile towards different races. On the contrary, they preferred a race that dealt with 'Mana', thus, the spirits in Floating Garden really liked Yekaterina because of her kind personality and her disposition as a race who deals with 'Mana'. She was the most Popular human among spirits in the Floating Garden.

Unlike usual, when she greeted everyone powerlessly, Yekaterina greeted all of the spirits one by one. She even hummed on the way to her office.

Since she fell asleep in Yoo Seodam's arms last night, her body was full of energy.

It was a good 12 hours of sleep!

Because of insomnia, she could only sleep for about three hours every two days. But last night was different. It could be said that last night was miraculous for her.

Of course, she felt sorry towards Yoo Seodam who had to stay in the same position for 12 hours while caring for her.

'…I'll have to buy some rice cake cake for him later.'

The first thing Yekaterina did when she entered her office was make a cup of Americano for herself. It was her routine to start the day with a cup of Americano.

She grabbed the cup of hot Americano and looked out of the window. Outside, she could see 52 hunters running through the Garden

"How many times?"

"200 times!!"

"Your voice is too small! 300 times!"

"300 times!!!"

Yekaterina stared at them. To be able to enjoy every second in peace was something so beautiful for her.

Unfortunately, it was a little disappointing that she couldn't enjoy a warm morning sun in the Floating Garden. It was always night time with a lot of stars in the Floating Garden.

'Well, come to think of it, didn't Yoo Seodam say that he will buy another building outside the Floating Garden later?'

This dimension where you could use the entire space however you want was really convenient and good, but there were many inconveniences as well.

Yekaterina sipped on a little bit of Americano that left. Then, she started her computer.

Today, Yoo seodam wouldn't be coming to work. He went to America to tend to some business with the New Murim League. So, most of the work would be done by her, just like usual.

First, Yekaterina checked her email.

Due to the fact that Another league was willing to teach both Magic and martial arts to the people, she received quite a lot of mail. Yekaterina herself was yet to have the opportunity to teach Magic or Martial arts to anyone. So, all she could do was exchange some emails or bring some businessmen to discuss the technological side of both of it. However, she still read all of it carefully because all of the senders were potential business partners in the future.

'Um, that's why I need to register as a hunter, right?'

The 50 swordmasters who trained under Ha Sun-young had already been registered as an E Rank 'Mystical ability' hunter. So, it would be better for her, a more senior member of the guild than the sword masters, to debut as a hunter as soon as possible.

As she browsed through her email, she noticed one email that stood out from the rest. It was none other than an invitation for the 'Hunter Association conference'. It was an event where veteran hunters with at least 10 years of experience were invited to discuss the hunter industry.

And Yoo Seodam was chosen as the representative of F rank for the conference.

"….Yoo Seodam-nim is still registered as an F rank, huh?"

Because there was no other F rank hunter who qualified to represent the rank for the conference, Hunter Association had started sending the invitation to Yoo Seodam since a year ago. It was the time when Yoo Seodam still couldn't make any difference in the world.

While Yekaterina was still busy browsing through the e-mail.

THUMP!!

The door was kicked open. Then, Taylor Nine walked to the room and sat on the sofa.

"Oh!! Kiddo! Did you go to work early?"

"I'm not a kid!"

Yekaterina had always been called out by Taylor for her short stature.

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But ironically, Taylor Nine wasn't that tall either.

"There is a separate waiting room for hunters."

"I'm bored there."

When Taylor Nine came in, Yekaterina checked the emails related to her.

In fact, there were more emails addressed toTaylor Nine and Ha Sun-young rather than Yoo Seodam.

[Hunter 'Taylor Nine' re-examination and promotion review]

What stood out among them was about Taylor Nine's promotion to SS rank.

Recently, Taylor Nine began to train her ability to shape her light-attribute into various forms. It was a difficult task. But as soon as she succeeded, her talents that were locked up until now began to burst out!

Even though it was possible to change superpower into different forms through magical formula, it was difficult to show such a ridiculous level of proficiency like what Taylor Nine did.

With only 1 month of training, she overcame the limit of her ability. She had been constantly copying the ability that her eight siblings used. She was really showing a monstrous rate of growth.

Although Taylor Nine said that she received a hint from Yoo Seodam, his hint was only at the level of laying a brick at the bottom of the soon-to-be foundation. It means that it was because of Taylor Nine's own efforts that the whole house was built.

'Even though we need to focus on the SS-rank examination….'

Yekaterina sighed as soon as she opened the news page on his computer. There were several controversies about Taylor Nine's recent activities.

They were none other than Taylor Nine's controversy over the baseball field!

When Yekaterina played one of the videos, she could see Taylor Nine who went to see a baseball match. She's pretty famous, so when she's on the pitch, dozens of cameras tend to be focused on her.

-Hey, f!%$!r why the hell are you throwing the ball to the ground!!

-Not like that.. That way!! That mothafuka… hey! That way!!.

-Right! If you are bad at playing baseball, at least you should be good at laughing. Hey! f$#@[email protected] you can laugh right now?

-Do you have any appointments for dinner? What are you going to do at home after losing the game that fast? uh? Answer me, you son of a gun!

-Hey mtfxin azzhole are you just gonna say 'I am happy to stand at the ground' and go home?

Perhaps, she thought that no one could hear her swearing. She was only one spectator among many, and it was common for the spectators to swear.

Soon after, when someone ran towards her to tell her that the camera was focused on her, and asked her to curse less, her expression turned ugly and she started to scream even louder.

-Aigoo, it's wrong for me to be born. It's my fault that I was born. It's my fault that I was born and cheered for Hwade!

-Puh haha! It's really funny. Korean entertainment shows will be ruined soon! KBO is the funniest. Why are you watching an entertainment show? Hahaha!

-Did I come to the wrong stadium? Is this a special match featuring a junior high school baseball club? No? So why did you play like that f$%#%r! Let me go! Hey! Let go!

Eventually, all of her remarks were captured as gifs and videos, and spread through the entire Internet in just one day. Her refreshing remarks as well as 'Hwade 18th consecutive loss' ranked number one as the most searched keywords on the portal site.

Of course, because she was now an official hunter of Another league, she had to apologize properly.

"Phew…… Miss Taylor. Did you post an apology on social media yet?"

"….for now?"

Hearing Taylor's stuttering answer, Yekaterina could only shake her head. It was obvious that she only wrote it roughly.

By the way, after joining Another league, Taylor Nine tended to be careful with both her words and actions, but it seemed like she finally exploded at the baseball stadium. She only had herself to blame for catching too much attention when all she wanted to do was watch a baseball game.

Fortunately, the public knew that it was her usual behavior, so there was no blow on her image. Rather, thanks to that attitude, her fanbase was quite big.

While Yekaterina was checking the documents about Taylor, the door of the office opened once again. This time, it was Ha Sun-young and Ye Sa-hye. It looks like they wanted to take a break after jogging.

"Oh, my white friend! Seems like Yoo Seodam isn't coming today?"

"It's always the case."

"Tsk Tsk. You really became the boss."

"Even though Yoo Seodam-nim is the master, the real boss is me, don't you agree?"

"Right! Just eat this guild. That guy is quite good, but his welfare is terrible."

"Master! You can't say that…!"

Ha Sun-young was always talking like a middle-aged man, and Ye Sa-hye was always reminding her to fix it. As they sat on the couch, Yekaterina once again browsed through the e-mail

Ha Sun-young. She, too, had her own share of problems, albeit completely different from Taylor Nine.

As about three thousand Murim people were recognized worldwide, more and more SS rank superhuman or even higher appeared. The number of SS rank under the new Murim League alone was 20!

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Considering the fact that there were only 37 SS rank superhumans worldwide, it was a controversial matter that one group had a whopping number of 20 SS rank superhumans affiliated to them. However, the Murim League had already been officially recognized. Hunter Association couldn't touch them easily. So, they changed their target.

Their new target was Ha Sun-young who worked outside the new Murim league.

She was showing rapid growth with Another League, but because the scale of the guild itself wasn't world-class yet, they were constantly poking here and there.

The Hunter Association tried to use Ha Sun-young to impose restrictions on the Murim people, they even went as far as borrowing money from several companies and guilds just to win Ha Sun-young over.

Of course, Ha Sun-young always ignored them. However, she couldn't openly antagonize them, so in the end, it was all up to Yekaterina to solve the problem.

"Oh, then, Seodam, that guy. Will he be gone for a long time again?"

"Probably."

"Hm…. But our Hellony said, she wanted to visit the guild hideout."

"Eh? That bish, really? "

Whether or not they knew about Yekaterina's hardship, Taylor and Ha Sun-young looked quite carefree.

Yekaterina, who was about to start working in earnest after reading all the mails, opened the last email that she received just one minute ago.

[International Supernatural Phenomena Association: We would like to inquire about 'supernatural phenomenon' that occurred in various parts of the world in recent years with magician Yoo Seodam.]

It wasn't an email addressed towards another league's guildmaster Yoo Seodam or hunter Yoo Seodam.

It was an email for the magician Yoo Seodam.

[House of the Goblins]

Just like Floating Garden, it was a special dimension that was impossible to enter in a normal way.

Over the horizon, the sunset was setting. It may look very beautiful for those who don't know, but it signified that this world was running toward the end. The one who was aware of this fact like Yoo seodam can't simply enjoy it peacefully.

-Kuoohohoh…!!

'Mang-ryang', a SS rank monster as well as the Goblin King, roared. Their world was on the verge of perishing, the only thing left for the goblins who already lost their purpose was 'desire to win'.

"That's pretty cool-"

Shin Hye-ji, who was shooting the whole battle with a high-quality camera right next to Yoo Seodam, muttered so.

"-it's also beautiful."

Certainly, Yoo Seodam understood her sentiment.

The House of Goblins was a pure white space. Together with the light from the setting sun, a golden hue illuminated the whole dimension. It matched so well with Seol Jungyeon's hair, and there was even an object similar to 'cherry blossoms' all over the place.

The cherry blossom-like objects were also a kind of goblin. They were goblins that became an object as their soul left their body. In other words, the dead goblins still left their mark on this land as a beautiful thing even after their death.

The size of house of Goblins dimensions was about a quarter of China, and there were also three SS rank Goblin Kings who occupied this land. Even so, people of Murim who longed for their own Jungwon Murim succeeded in eradicating the goblins and occupying the dimension in just a few months.

Tumble!! Rumble!!

Mang-ryang, who had a stature as large as a mountain, fell down. Then, Seol Jungyeon, dressed in a white traditional Korean clothes, climbed to the top of its body. With her every step, cheers erupted from people of Murim.

Shin hye-ji pondered for a moment. Everything was good. After such a beautiful battle, Murim people come out victorious! The story so far certainly had enough impact…

But Shin Hye-ji couldn't help but to feel something was still missing.

'More! Some more!'

Shin hye-ji sent a signal towards Seol Jungyeon in the distance. The latter's expression became rigid.

Recently, Shin Hye-ji started SNS and YTUBE activities under the name of Seol Jungyeon. Of course, both accounts didn't have much content except for Seol Jungyeon's battle video. But the response was explosive nonetheless. The number of her YTUBE subscribers exceeded 5 million in a short period of time. And the number of followers on her SNS also had already exceeded 30 million.

Originally, Seol Jungyeon was reluctant to reveal her own face to the world just like a celebrity, but Shin Hye-ji persuaded her by saying "It is an act to let the world know about master's 'dignity' and 'show off' the power of Murim Leader through 'multimedia'"

Seol Jungyeon couldn't easily ignore Shin Hye-ji's passionate signal. So, she tried to find something to show off.

'Oh, that is something good.'

With a faint smile, Seol Jungyeon lifted the severed neck of Mang-ryang, the great Goblin king, and threw it in the air!

"Wow ahhh!!!"

"Long live the Supreme Cheonma!"

"Cheers for the New Murim Alliance's Leader!"

As blood from the dead goblin's head starts to taint the pure white background, all people of Murim begin to shout louder.

"Ah ah! No!"

At the same time, Shin Hye-ji screamed and covered the camera with her hand.

It seems like it would take a considerable amount of time before Seol Jungyeon could really adapt to SNS.

Around three thousand Murim people were scattered around the world. Most of them were staying and active in their hometowns. The reason behind that was that New Murim League had not yet bought a building that could accommodate up to 3,000 people. And also because of various reasons that accumulated in their hometowns after returning to Earth for three years.

Although Supreme Dharma had explicitly prohibited relationships, the existence called human would always long for their hometown no matter what.

So, after occupying the 'House of Goblins', Yoo Seodam used his lifespan to make three 'portals' for them.

One in Beijing, one in New York, and one in London.

However, those who entered through Beijing could only return to Beijing, and those from New York could only return to New York. It was impossible to enter from Beijing and exit in New York. In order to make it possible, he had to invest more than 10,000 days of life. Yoo seodam didn't do it because he think it was a waste.

Also, he left an additional portal there. It was none other than a portal that connected the Floating Garden and the House of Goblin.

This portal wasn't available to anyone else and could only be used by a few selected people who got his permission. It would make traveling to 'New Jungwon Moorim' easier because they didn't have to book a flight.

After completely eradicating the Goblin remnants who had completely lost their mind, modern-style buildings began to be built in the House of Goblin.

The buildings built by the Goblins had many mysterious structures that could not be explained by modern science. There were cases where buildings were hung in the air, or even on the clouds.

Yoo Seodam had a thought to recruit some scientists to uncover the principle, but he felt that it would not be as easy as it seems because it was something that was related to the mysterious 'Sorcery' used by the Goblins. Unlike Magic which attempts to identify all phenomena through calculation, Goblin sorcery uses another mysterious form of energy. It would be difficult to understand even with the help of the flowerpot and Yekaterina- No…..

'Wouldn't it be possible to know if it was Aracelli? She even achieved dimensional travel by herself!'

By the way, the funds that the New Murim League had saved up until now were completely wiped out. They used it to build buildings, connecting the internet, electricity, and ether. In addition, Jungwon Moorim means that in the end, each family would establish their own residence with some distance from each other.

(T/N That social distancing…)

They were already deciding which family would get which land. Looking at that Yoo Seodam once again realized that they were real Murim people.

Of course, the headquarters of the New Moorim League and the residence of Seol Jungyeon would be the House where the 'Great King of Goblins' once resided in. It was located in the center of the world, with high mountains in its vicinity and an upturned cliff reminiscent of a space station that stood sideways.nov𝖊𝓵𝔲𝔰𝑏dot𝑐/o\𝔪

Looking at those building, Yoo seodam believed that in the past, when Goblins were still sane, they also had their own culture. Considering that the spirits of the Floating Garden had also lost their reasoning after their world came to an end, it seems like 'destruction' might be something that took even the essence of life .

"Amazing! Really amazing…"

Shin Hye-ji exclaimed as she busily took pictures of Seol Jungyeon's new residence, where the internet and electricity were all connected. Of course, all of those pictures would be posted on Seol Jungyeon's Social media and YTUBE later on. "This will completely elevate Murim's status!" She shouted and excitedly ran around.

"Master! Can you please stand there?"

"I have work to do…"

"Please, just once! We need to take a picture and upload it!"

"······."

Seol Jungyeon looked at Shin Hye-ji with confused eyes. She let out a long sigh before walking towards the position that Shin Hye-ji chose. As she stood there, the ray of setting sun was reflected on her platinum hair which danced around together with the wind. In this scarlet world, it seemed like she was the only one who shined. Even those light pink eyes, which clearly showed annoyance in them, somehow radiates a mysterious yet elegant vibe.

Seol Jungyeon's dazzling appearances had a magical power that attracted the attention of not only Yoo Seodam and Shin Hye-ji, but also everyone. As evidence of that, the Earth's engineers who were allowed to enter the dimension to work had completely stopped on their feet.

"Uh…."

When Shin Hye-ji forgot to press the shutter of her camera and stood blankly, Seol Jungyeon asked.

"Are you done?"

"Oh, no! Not yet! Ooh, you would be in trouble if you move!"

"…What kind of trouble are you talking about?"

"Anyway, it's a big problem!"

Shin Hye-ji immediately uploaded the photo to Stargram without any corrections.

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"Would you like to see it Master? Here, please check the comments."

"Well…. There are too many hieroglyphs."

"It's emoji! Emoji!"

"Ah.. right."

While the other Murim people adapted to the modern times since their return three years ago, Seol Jungyeon was trapped in the middle of nowhere and couldn't do that at all. She was completely ignorant of modern culture.

Fortunately, Shin Hye-ji was always on her side to explain how to handle machines and other modern culture. So, it seemed like Seol Jungyeon had finished adjusting to modern times to some extent.

"Have you seen it? It hasn't been a few seconds since it was posted, but so many people have already liked Master's post."

"……."

Many people like her. Somehow after hearing those words, Seol Jungyeon had a bitter expression, but soon she once again smiled brightly.

"That's a relief."

"So, this time I'll teach you how to write it. Later, if I don't have time, Master can do it by herself."

Shin Hye-ji taught Seol Jungyeon various things about social media. And amongst all, there was one function that piqued her interest.

It was 'follow'.

"Did you say that if I do this, I can see other people's posts?"

"Yes."

Currently, Seol Jungyeon's Stargram account had 0 follow and 20 million followers. It was still increasing by dozens of people every second. For anyone who was hungry for attention, this amount of interest would surely make them go crazy. but Seol Jungyeon seemed to have no interest in anything like that.

"Follow…."

Seol Jungyeon was busy pressing this and that with a frown on her face. And after some time, the frown on her face was completely overtaken by a bright look.

And then, Shin Hye-ji's smartphone, which she kept inside her pocket, vibrated. When she took it out and checked it, a follow request from Seol jungyeon came to her Stargram account.

'Wait a minute…..'

Shin Hye-ji's eyes darted anxiously. She slowly raised her head and met the eyes of Seol Jungyeon who smiled brightly.

"Accept it."

"Uh…, that's…."

Shin Hye-ji stuttered. Seol Jungyeon was a social media star whose followers were increasing by dozens of people even at the moment. Every single one of her post always makes the internet go crazy. So, what will happen when someone with 0 follow suddenly follows someone?

Shin Hye-ji shuddered at her own thoughts. However, Seol Jungyeon didn't give her any breathing space. She once again asked, however now she had a slightly depressed look on her face.

"…Why didn't you accept it?"

It's a very subtle expression change that could only be noticed by Shin Hye-ji. After looking at such face, how could she refuse?

"Of course I will accept it!"

Eventually, Shin Hye-ji closed her eyes and accepted her follow request.

[Notification off]

And turn her notification off. For the time being, she decided to keep her account sealed.

In the process of transforming the House of Goblins into New Murim, I had nothing to do. However, I'm staying in the dimension because I want to make sure there's no problem with the dimension itself.

There is no problem. However, in order to stop the dimension from perishing, the process of planting life is necessary.

For that reason, there was no other choice but to hire a large number of gardeners to work in this dimension. It was much better aesthetically and mentally to hire a beauty gardener than to farm haphazardly like the spirits.

However, I couldn't stay here any longer. It was because of a single email delivered through Yekaterina.

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The email that started with the words [To magician Yoo Seodam] and ends with [We would like to visit you.]. Honestly, there were a lot of people who approached me because of Magic and Martial arts, so I wasn't very fond of those who call me 'Magician'. But it was an exception this time.

First of all, the person who contacted me wasn't just anybody, but he's the Secretary General of the 'International Supernatural Phenomenon Association.'

Secondly, they contacted me because of something related to 'Supernatural Phenomenon'.

When you hear the words 'Supernatural Phenomenon' the very first thing you would think of was 'Huh? Isn't that just a dungeon gate phenomenon?' However, they were completely different.

Dungeon, deformed dungeon, gate and the Great Rift phenomenon were collectively referred as 'Supernatural Phenomenon', However, most of them had already scientifically clarified.

However, very occasionally, a phenomenon that couldn't be explained scientifically occurred. It wasn't a dungeon, gate, or a Great Rift, but truly an unscientific supernatural phenomenon. Very few people had experienced it, but everyone who has gone through it always gave the same statement.

'It's not the normal supernatural phenomenon. I could only say that it was a very strange supernatural phenomenon.'

But it was almost a myth, and it was never directly proven.

It was only natural for the Secretary General of the International Supernatural Phenomenon Association to contact me, who was a guild master of a guild that related to both Magic and Martial arts as well as a magician about something related to 'Supernatural phenomenon'.

So, since I was in America right now, I decided to meet them.

After telling Seol Jungyeon and Shin Hye-ji that I would go back, I went to Park Seong-ho.

"Secretary Park Seong-ho, long time no see. You've worked really hard."

"Oh.. It's just you."

"There's almost no Murim people here, huh?"

"Well, most Murim people are really computer illiterate. But, sometimes, there are some unique individuals who work as either a lawyer or doctor… Well, still, to be honest, it would be more comfortable to have someone who was once working in the hunter industry like me, don't you agree?"

The New Murim League no longer consisted of only Murim people.

Since me, their 'Military advisor' wasn't someone who was originally from Murim. Park Seong-ho too, wasn't someone from Murim. He was originally the Deputy Director of Korean Hunter association.

"By the way, I heard that Seol Jungyeon was going to teach you her Mugong, but I heard that you postponed it."

"What can I do? Even though my dream has always been acquiring Mystical ability, but well… I don't have time to do that now. I haven't exercised for a long time, so I lost all my muscles. I'd rather retire like this and cultivate future generations."

"Huh…. So you were thinking that way."

It was unthinkable for me to put off my lifelong dream like what Park Seong-ho did. At the same time, I feel very sad for him. He was kicked out from the Hunter Association just because he didn't have superpower and had to waste his time working as a Guild Secretary.

"Anyway, please pay more attention towards Master. I think she wants to see you more often, but she's not doing it because she's afraid she'll be a nuisance to you."

"I see……"

I feel sorry again after hearing Park Seong-ho's words. But it can't be helped. I was in a position where I couldn't just stay on Earth alone. Even when my job is that of a hunter, I can't hunt that much, so I don't know what the hell was even happening.

Unlike Another League, who completely relied on Yekaterina, New Murim League was working properly thanks to the help of the skilled Park Seong-ho. In addition, they also had the unexpected explosive effect of social media initiated by Shin Hye-ji, and 'New Murim Land' that became the hub where all people of Murim could gather. So their development will be even faster in the future.

After greeting several more people that I knew, I left Murim Land and immediately called the contact number written in the email.

Then, the other party received the call even before the first beep ended.

"Hello. It's Hunter Yoo Seodam."

-Oh hello Magician Yoo Seodam. "Pleased to make your acquaintance.

I'm not really a magician, I'm just a hunter."

-Thank you for contacting us.

"Yes. You contacted me regarding a supernatural phenomenon. Can I inquire it further?"

-It is something that can't be discussed through the phone…

"Well, I guess so."

-Do you have any preferred time or place to meet? I'll go to meet you myself.

"It's okay anywhere while I'm in America…."

That said, it's boring to talk while relaxing at a cafe while having some coffee or sashimi.

"If you tell me the place where the supernatural phenomenon occurred, I'll go there."

;)