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“Hey, Padron. Good work.”
“…”
“Good luck tomorrow.”
Leaving those words behind, Sunghyun left the place.
“Padron. What if I attack like that?”
“No, you don’t need to know the level properly. I didn’t think it would move at all.”
The power that Padron showed while subjugating the second-class door today was a power that could only be used once a day.
There was no limit to the ability itself, but an unimaginable amount of magical power was needed to create that level of power.
“So, did you get it right?”
“…I do not know. That bastard wasn’t the only one who wasn’t moving. He didn’t use his own magic power. Rich, have you seen and felt it yourself?”
“I thought I did, but now it seems to be clear.”
“What, what?”
I thought about it quite deeply.
From the moment I first met Seonghyeon, no, from the moment I heard the news that Seonghyeon was listed as the top hunter.
‘There is definitely something to hide.’
Of course, this assumption remains an unresolved question.
But, when we first met at the airport, when we subjugated the first-class doors together, and today.
It was Richie who continued to watch Seonghyeon and also observed.
The result is that the magic level itself is not that high.
“As you may have felt, Hunter Kim Seong-hyun’s magic power… it’s just a decent level.”
“That I agree with. And now that I know the magic level…”
“okay. I don’t know what the hidden number is, but the basic and fundamental of a hunter is magic. The amount of magic is not great, so the power is also predictable.”
Swords made of magical power were quite interesting abilities, but there must be limits to their power and number.
“therefore. Is your position still the same as before?”
“It’s my position…”
“You were like that last time. A person who will neither be your enemy nor your side.”
There was a time when I thought of this right after the banquet.
But if you ask me if I still have the same thoughts, I would probably shake my head.
“no. It has changed.”
“Huh, that Richie changed his mind, didn’t it make a lot of sense?”
“It may or may not be.”
Padron clicked his tongue at the sight of Richie, who was always difficult to understand.
“I’m going Will he continue to appear when subjugating the second-class door?”
“What if Padron comes out?”
“Tsuk, I see you every day.”
“Guild Master!”
“Guild Master!”
That was then.
Lich and Padron’s guild deputy guild leader called each other’s guild leader and rushed to run.
“What’s up?”
“why?”
Since he was the deputy guild leader of each guild that actually runs the super-large guilds in the United States, of course, the small incident did not show such an urgent appearance.
I mean, something really unusual happened.
“Hey, you must see this!”
Richie immediately took the tablet and checked the video.
The video itself was nothing special.
A very short video of less than 10 seconds.
The title of the video is SOON.
When I played it back, the first screen was filled with only a black background.
Then the screen changed, and a world map appeared.
The map was visible for a few seconds, then someone used an ability to burn the map in an instant.
Finally, the same black background as the first appeared, and the word SOON, which was the same as the title of the video, appeared in the center.
“This…”
Of course, there were some videos similar to this, and of course there were more serious videos too.
But there was only one difference between them.
The world map that appeared in the video.
The world map was not simply a map of geography.
Even in one country, there was a map with countless dots of different colors as if to indicate something, but there was only one place that used this map.
“Did you show up?”
“We are figuring it out, but it is still not easy.”
“…”
It was a map that was used only by groups who thought that ordinary people without abilities were insignificant and further considered them as pests.
This map was probably a map they made up.
Comparing with the data previously identified, it was clear that the numerous and varied dots indicated how many hunters there were, what their level was, and how many ordinary people considered pests live.
“Hey, it means everything is ready.”
“It seems… it seems. Unlike before, this time, he showed up with a map of the world, not a map of one country.”
Although he paid attention, he could not focus all his energy on running a single guild here.
“Send people right now.”
“All right.”
So far, they have never actively done anything.
But Richie had a reason for being so vigilant.
First of all, the problem was that some of the top hunters were participating in this faction, and that it was difficult to grasp the reality of the fact that it had taken root worldwide and operated like a point organization.
The group had all the tricky elements, and even the thought of it was unpleasant.
Crucially, it has been quite some time since they began to express these ideas.
In a word, they used that long time only to prepare.
“The association?”
“I went straight into staffing. And they said that they started a meeting about where they would be if they speculate about the common points of the points on the map and what they expressed as SOON.”
“Only attach a minimum number of people to Hunter Kim Seong-hyun, and for the time being, reduce the number of subjugation inquiries. Allocate all available personnel this way.”
“Yes, I understand.”
The deputy guild leader bowed his head slightly and ran straight to the guild.
Of course, unfortunately, we couldn’t get more information about them.
I tried tracking the address where the video was uploaded, but the end was in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
In about a week, during this time, Sung-hyun cleared a total of 9 second-class doors.
Padron and Lich were on all of these clears, but they didn’t run into trouble like the first day.
Both of their nerves were directed towards the group, so the subjugation of the second-class door seemed unimpressed.
Of course, Seonghyeon also checked the video.
But I didn’t really care.
‘After all, now is the time to not show up.’
Looking back on the memories before their return, there was still quite a bit of time left before they were active.
There was only one reason why they appeared now.
When they appear in person, they want to check how far their abilities reach.
With this video uploaded, the declaration of war is almost over.
If so, it was kind of like a test to see how far they could go.
“Hey, Kim. Is today the last day?”
“okay. It’s over now.”
Padron, who was first called a bastard, then an Asian, and now called Kim, took a deep breath and turned his back.
“Now get off to your country. Don’t pollute American soil.”
“Look.”
“Twitter, you don’t lose a word at all.”
Still, it was Padron who did not express his anger directly, perhaps because he had developed an introspection after talking countless times with Seong-hyeon for a week.
“Ritchie-sama was also thankful for that.”
“You’re welcome.”
In fact, it was Richie and Padron who stopped the complaints from the US.
Padron didn’t even know he was playing such a role, but Richie knew it all and moved on.
What fearless place can challenge the subjugation accompanied by the world’s strongest hunter?
“Then, me too.”
“Thank you for that.”
Richie turned his back and left without any regrets, and Seonghyeon looked at his back.
“Ha…Now the owner of the 4th and 3rd level doors appear, but there is only one level 2 door left.”
Now, there are a total of 5 second-class doors left in the United States.
It must have existed in one of the doors.
If I had time, I would try to guess, but if I recall the memories of that time, it was time for the article to be published soon.
“I ended up taking one out of five… wait a minute.”
An interview in the memory of Seong-hyeon.
The subject of the interview was an ordinary hunter without a name.
How did such an ordinary, unhinged hunter clear the second-class door and discover it again?
“A hunter who wasn’t very good at it…and what he got after clearing that door was never revealed.”
It’s really just a matter of if, but if it really is, might it not be that he handed over that power to someone?
The fact that the result after clearing has not been revealed here means that the person to whom this power has been transferred has not been revealed?
Following these conjectures, thoughts continued to bite, and in the end there was only one.
“That’s the organization.”
Of course, nothing was certain.
In addition to the memories before the return that I can’t even remember well, they were just things that fit the situation.
But in the current situation, he was the only one who was suspicious.
So how did they know about the door’s existence?
“Or is it a coincidence?”
You’ve been thinking a lot, but now is not the time to think about your intentions.
“If I were them, where would I go?”
The first place that came to mind was a guild of just that size.
Wouldn’t it be the least risky to plant people in the guild and move?
“…no.”
Now, they were confident enough to openly reveal the video.
Those who had been hiding for a long time showed up, so of course it means that they are there.
Where does that confidence come from?
It comes straight from the information you have.
“There was no reason to go around clearing the second-class door in the first place.”
If Seong-hyeon’s prediction is correct, perhaps a large guild like Richie or Padron will schedule a second-level subjugation soon.
“If I could participate in the subjugation schedule, or if I could take the lead first…”
One chance left anyway.
Instead of entrusting that single choice to a 1/5 probability, I wanted to leave it to the result of my own judgment and analogy.
“See you in a few days.”
It was confirmed that this gave confidence in Seong-hyeon’s decision, and that the second-class door subjugation was scheduled the very next day.
The place where the subjugation was caught was none other than the Richie’s Guild.
I think I may have Richie’s direct number, too, so Sunghyun immediately called Richie.
“hello?”
“That’s me. Kim Seong-hyun.”
“Ah yes. Hunter Kim. What’s going on?”
“This time, I contacted you because you have registered for the second-class door subjugation schedule.”
“You want to go with me? It’s a schedule we had in a hurry…”
“no.”
“then…”
“Please yield to me.”
“…yes?”
It would have been difficult to accept.
Handing over the right to subjugate the door.
“Elixir. I will.”
“All right.”
As soon as I spoke up, I saw the reply coming back, and it seemed like they thought it was a very satisfactory deal.
“Instead, when conducting this subjugation, hire me as a mercenary, and I will enter the subjugation alone.”
“As a mercenary? You can just get the subjugation right and go alone… Ah, on the surface, you want to make it something that my guild will subdue.”
“you’re right.”
Richie was also very quick-witted.
I immediately understood what Seong-hyeon wanted.
“It’s not difficult. I won’t ask you why.”
“thank you. Elixir…”
“Give it to me when the subjugation is over.”
“It is.”
With this, the preparations are all over.
That door was the second-class door that Seong-hyeon was looking for.
And I hoped that I would be able to deal with the owners of the 4th and 3rd level gates that would appear when I clear this 2nd level door.
