Chapter 94 – Jeju Island
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The atmosphere in the meeting room was quite grim.
Hannah thought the situation was bad.
‘Shit. I don’t want to borrow my mother’s hand. Is it wrong to invest? To think I would be this annoyed… Did they even plant a spy….’
After all, she had to blame her eyes for not being able to see people.
That said, I couldn’t see the company going over to Director Choi Woong-dong, that pig.
From the beginning, there was a lot of talk about making too generous contracts with rookies.
It was an investment for a rookie with clear growth potential, Hannah, but it was natural that she couldn’t understand it from the outside.
But lately, the growth of those rookies has calmed down.
As Park Woon-ho’s work exploded, it exploded again.
“Why can’t you just reveal the D-class Awakener’s contract!”
“That… It’s a secret.”
“We need to see if the rumors are true.”
“There are rumors that the D-class down payment is outrageous….”
“The activities I did after recruiting into the company… Several F-class crackdowns… Participated in a C-level subjugation… Almost no results… Even that C-level subjugation was treated as confidential.”
“Suspicious…. Building false careers, what are you talking about?”
The board members bit Hanna like hyenas.
“Compared to the rating, the absurd support… In our ears, we can even hear that he is CEO Hannah’s lover.”
“It’s a mothership. I recruited him after seeing his growth potential. If you wait a little bit….”
“Representative Hannah. That can’t explain it. I acknowledge the CEO’s credit for growing the company to this point.”
At a young age, Choi Woong-dong seemed to be complimenting him for being proud, but that was not a compliment, but an attitude towards someone below him.
“Even so, if you can’t come up with a proper explanation next time, you may have to step down as CEO.”
Hanna saw Director Choi Woong-dong’s fleeting, fishy smile.
‘That pig!’
I wanted to throw a double bath on my face, but I held back.
Hannah thought that if he quit, he quit, and he couldn’t suffer the humiliation of being kicked out.
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Flame Emperor Kwak Sang-hyeon was a middle-aged man with red hair and a lively look.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that he established a guild to reclaim Jeju Island.
Hometown.
Its meaning cannot be understood by those who have lost it.
Even within the guild, there were loud voices of opposition.
However, since the guild master’s authority and awakening level were also thugs, they crushed them and proceeded.
Where was the beauty of the past? Only the land that was devastated by the dimensional rift remained.
His insides burned at the sight of him, but he did not express himself.
‘Recovery won’t be easy.’
He was even thinking of cleaning up this place and moving the guild headquarters here.
If the guild knew how you feel, you would have a seizure.
Contrary to Kwak Sang-hyun’s uncomfortable mind, the attack went smoothly.
Although there were many monsters,
Fortunately, when it comes to high-grade, it seemed like C-grade was everything.
In the meantime, the hunting skills of the Awakeners have improved a lot, and the number of high-class Awakeners of C or higher has increased, so the power has risen a lot.
And for the first time in a while, Kwak Sang-hyun, who is called the Flame Emperor, is working hard.
It was strange that the attack was not smooth.
With one gesture from Kwak Sang-hyun, the D-class rift and surrounding monsters instantly burned and turned to ashes.
And only the crack core and magic stone remained.
You shouldn’t do it this way if you want to take care of monster by-products, but Kwak Sang-hyun wanted to get rid of those filthy bastards quickly.
So, Kwak Sang-hyeon, along with the guild members, pushed forward by clearing the cracks at the forefront.
Quite a lot of crack cores, monster by-products, and magic stones came out, but there was little benefit to the guild.
With that much money poured in, they recruited Awakeners at random, regardless of whether they were heroes or hunters.
He expected a loss and proceeded, but it was fortunate that he did not lose money.
On the one hand, it was also said that there were so many monsters.
Kwak Sang-hyeon cleaned up the dimensional cracks and eventually reached Hallasan Mountain and Baeknokdam.
And there, he and the guild members could see a huge egg in the center of Baeknokdam.
“Sense?”
“Not detected.”
Sub-guild master Do Yu-hwan reported.
It’s been a really long time since this was the case.
But it wasn’t even the case.
It was most likely a special object.
‘It’s a matter of grade….’
It is not detected by the monster detector, so it is unknown.
Looking at the size of the egg, it can’t be determined, but it seemed to be A-class.
Even if it’s A-class, it’s still unknown, so it might be worth trying.
However, no Class A monster has yet appeared in Korea.
I don’t know when it will hatch,
If the rules were followed, I had to withdraw.
And I had to ask for support from another guild master.
Kwak Sang-hyun was worried.
‘Tsk. I thought it would work out….’
But that worry was short-lived.
“Retreat.”
Kwak Sang-hyun was also a veteran hunter who had been active since the beginning.
Even if he was in a hurry, he knew how to judge the situation.
Even if it’s a B-class, you have to be careful, but it might be an A-class monster.
It was forbidden to make poor predictions or be careless.
“Leave it for now and ask for support from another guild master.”
Kwak Sang-hyeon was thinking of tidying up the surroundings while they arrived.
It was then.
– Jump!
The sound of something cracking was heard.
The huge egg had begun to crack.
– Damn it.
The crack instantly spread throughout the egg.
Kwak Sang-hyeon had an ominous feeling.
– Hooded.
A huge black silhouette appeared, saying that the cracked egg would break apart.
At first, I didn’t understand what it was because I was curled up.
But soon, the monster spread its huge wings and boasted of its majesty.
Kwak Sang-hyun broke into a cold sweat when he saw it.
“I-that….”
It was a dark red dragon.
A dragon that looks like something out of a fantasy movie.
– Aaah!
The dragon roared as if stretching itself.
Even though there was a distance of about 300m from the monster, the roar made the D-class or lower Awakeners vomit blood and stumble.
As if it was impossible not to not be affected by C-class or higher Awakeners, they covered their ears and put on a painful expression.
And the dragon shot his breath toward the sky as if to show off his birth.
A huge beam of light pierced the clouds and soared into the sky.
Kwak Sang-hyun could see that it was a monster of at least A-level or higher.
It cannot be countered with this power.
Kwak Sang-hyun said with a hard face.
“I’ll kill time, so retreat quickly.”
“Master, that….”
“Stop talking nonsense and think about contacting the mainland quickly.”
Realizing that he couldn’t break his stubbornness, Dou-hwan lowered his head.
However, contrary to Kwak Sang-hyun’s thoughts, the dark red dragon soared into the sky.
“Uh?”
Then it started flying somewhere.
Kwak Sang-hyun had no choice but to ignore his resolve and stare blankly at the flying dragon.
But he knew instinctively that he was fucked.
“I’m going crazy….”
It was because the direction of flight was toward the mainland of Korea.
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As Unho said, Lee Jae-eun participated in the punitive force for the last time.
Contrary to Unho’s worries, the Flame Guild, with themselves at the forefront, was proceeding with the attack without any crisis, starting with Jeju Port, step by step.
The evaluation of the Flame Guild among the Awakened was rising in terms of being the most dangerous vanguard.
What surprised me was the number of monsters that was higher than expected.
Jeju Island could literally be called a monster paradise.
However, Jaeeun and Hannah were in Busan, not Jeju Island.
It’s because I went on a short 2 nights and 3 days vacation to Busan after wrestling with monsters for a while.
The facilities at the campsite weren’t that bad, but it wasn’t comparable to the city.
Many Awoken were resting while taking turns in this way.
Thanks to so many Awakeners, Busan is now in peak season.
The thing that was comforting in the tight monster hunting was the income beyond imagination.
Everyone is enduring while watching the money in their bank account.
Surprisingly, Lee Jae-eun’s rating went up while hunting in Jeju Island.
She seemed to feel good that she was getting a lot of money just because she had risen in the ratings, but Kim Jin-ah saw it differently.
There was one reason Kim Jin-ah followed Jae-eun.
The ambiguous growth potential of Yoo Jae-eun, as Hannah said.
She has never been wrong about the growth of Awoken people.
Kim Jin-ah herself was in that category.
Hanna answered vaguely, but in the end, she said that Yoo Jae-eun had no growth potential.
But she grew up.
But she grew lightly without even realizing it.
From Hanna and Kim Jin-ah’s point of view, it was an unusual irregularity.
Kim Jin-ah felt that her guess that her Yu Jae-eun might have a clue about her own growth was adding a little more credibility.
Jae-eun and Kim Jin-ah had finished their vacation and were waiting for a ship at the port.
And the ship we were waiting for arrived.
While waiting in line to board the boat, a ray of light flashed from the distant sea.
Seeing the sight, people murmured.
There were also people who quickly took pictures with their smartphones.
“That’s Jin-ah.”
“It looks like something happened to Jeju Island.”
Jeju Island and Busan are quite far apart.
You can’t make a conclusion.
However, Yoo Jae-eun also had a streak of light burst out on that side, so she was vaguely thinking that maybe it was Jeju Island.
The flash of light shooting into the sky was so clear that it could be seen even from that distance.
Jae-eun didn’t see that as a positive sign.
The flash that people were staring at as if possessed disappeared, and Yoo Jae-eun saw Kim Jin-ah quickly calling somewhere.
“Is there any news about Jeju Island?”
Kim Jin-ah seemed to be trying to find out what had happened.
“Ah, yes, that’s right. Please report any news that comes in.”
Kim Jin-ah, who had been calling her here and there for a while, hung up on her and she said to Yoo Jae-eun.
“There is no exact information yet. First of all, it seems certain that the beam of light came from Jeju Island.”
The dimensional rift has not yet been cleaned up enough to clear the distortion.
There is no communication inside.
So it seemed that only the people inside could find out what was going on inside.
“Have you arrived?”
“I will not board the ship.”
“Uh? Then the penalty….”
“There is a high probability that the ship will not depart either. And safety is more important than penalty. First of all, it would be good to grasp the situation in Jeju Island.”
“We move.”
“Uh? Uh.”
Kim Jin-ah had a hunch that something unusual had happened to her in Jeju Island.
Fortunately, Busan is not close to Jeju Island.
Even if something happens, this place will be safe at least.
“Then did you have more time? Shall we go on a tour of a good restaurant?”
“Are you eating again?
“They say there will be leftovers to eat anyway.”
Yoo Jae-eun and Kim Jin-ah, who were driving to the hotel in her car, received a call from her and put on a serious expression.
“It looks like a monster has come out of Jeju Island.”
