Episode 81

Jeongmin and Leah took a sip of warm tea.

Returning after a month and a half, the two were warmly welcomed by the owner of the Jeongrim branch.

The two of them sat face to face with Hoeju and the governor while drinking tea and being treated to a meal.

The two heard from the general about what had happened at the Jeongrim branch.

When they heard that they were clearing the [Trial of the Gods] step by step, the faces of the two were satisfied.

“…so you can destroy a very large number of low-level gates. But A-level gates are… not easy. I succeeded in subjugation once, but the damage was too great…”

After hearing what the commander-in-chief said, Jeongmin nodded and said.

“A-rank gates and above will be handled by me and Leah.

So, other gates please.”

“Would you like to do that?”

“Of course. Don’t worry and ask for some gates below grade B. I checked with the ‘gate counter’ and saw that you reduced the number of gates.”

“hahahaha. Well, I did spend a lot of energy on the gate subjugation.”

While Jung-min and the general were laughing and talking, a message appeared in front of Jung-min’s eyes.

[‘Kwak Jo-won’ wants to establish a communication connection. Would you like to connect?]

‘.. Well?’

Jungmin frowned and looked up into the air.

Since he had decided not to contact him unless it was really urgent, Jo Won contacted him for over a month while destroying gates on other continents.

However, the fact that the communication connection came like this must be because something urgent happened.

After asking for understanding from Hoeju and the governor general, Jeong-min accepted the communication connection.

“It’s been a while. Due to circumstances, we need to end the communication within 30 seconds. Please speak quickly.”

– Oh, you seem busy. There’s a problem on this side, so I think you’ll have to come.-

“Okay. Let’s go and listen to the contents.”

-yes I will wait.-

Jung-min quickly ended the communication and spoke to Hoe-joo.

“Something happened somewhere else. After we’ve taken care of that place, we’ll organize the high-level gates. Until we come back, please ask for the lower-level A-level gates.”

“No, you couldn’t even rest, so you have to go right away?”

At Hoeju’s words, Jeongmin smiled bitterly.

“I mean. I can’t help it. Take good care of your body and see you next time.”

Jeong-min and Leah greeted Hoe-ju and the general and left Hoe-ju.

Leah tilted her head when I told her about the communication with Jo Won.

“What’s going on?”

“I’ll have to look into that. Shall we go back right away?”

“Yes.”

Jung-min opened the base gate to [Daesung’s] Shelter’s studio.

The two of them passed through the gate and arrived at the room. Leah looked around and said.

“Yuri and the children are gone. Where did they go?”

“Well, I thought I would be here at this time… Let’s go out first.”

Jung-min and Leah opened the door and came out.

The sun had already set, and it was a dark night, so I didn’t see many people moving inside the shelter.

As they walked towards the shelter manager’s room, they were amazed at the new building seen through the window.

“Ah, that… Looks like a new residential facility has been completed. To think the construction was finished so quickly.”

“There must have been people with skills related to construction.

“I see. Ah, then Yuri and the children might have moved into a new residential facility.”

The two talked and moved to the shelter chief’s room.

The Awakeners who stood guard in front of the Shelter Director’s Office guided them inside, and the two met Jo Won.

“It’s been a while. How are you?”

“How have we been? Did you contact me because there’s something special about this place?”

“That’s right. It’s quite a headache. Why can’t we solve this with our own strength…”

“Listen. What’s going on?”

Joey let out a small sigh and spoke.

“Do you remember one of the stories I told you about ‘One China’?”

At Jo Won’s words, Jung Min nodded and said.

“I remember. I think it was a story about realizing ‘one China’ for the whole world..”

“It’s accurate. You remember. It’s just a story that I heard, but it wasn’t a rumor. I started moving by saying it would actually come true.”

“… No, how do you mean it’s realized? I don’t understand.”

“This is what I found out during communication with the large shelter on the US side. It is said that China thoroughly controlled all Awoken from the time Awoken were created, before [Trial of the Gods] began. All Awoken belonging to the state. At the national level They say they trained the Awakened and thoroughly prepared for the [Trial of the Gods].”

Jung-min looked at Jo-won with surprised eyes, then nodded as if in agreement.

“Um… Well, it’s possible because it’s China.”

“Yes, the purpose of the training conducted like that is only one person. It is said that it was to give everything to Xianlong, the son of President Hyun, to raise him to become the world’s strongest. He said his goal was to make him the strongest.”

While listening to the explanation and examining Jung-min’s bewildered expression, Jo Won continued talking.

“The full-scale [Trial of the Gods] has begun, and it is said that Xianlong has started driving the gate.

In China, all gates are designated as state property, so it is said that the gates could not be destroyed carelessly. It is said that most of the gates were driven to Xianlong under the strict management of the state. Well, since it is such a large land mass, I think it would have been impossible to reach all the gates in the periphery.

It is said that Xian Long, who has grown tremendously with the enormous experience gained from destroying numerous gates in China, started activities saying that the time has come to finally realize ‘one China’. Invading neighboring countries to prove that you are the strongest in the world?”

After hearing Jo Won’s story, Jung-min said in a bewildered voice.

“Huh, really… How can I say it. It’s extremely absurd, but… I’d say it’s extremely Chinese. No, it’s their job to drive them or whatever, but if they become that strong, they’ll try to end [Trial of the Gods] as soon as possible, why not? Are you saying they’re going to invade another place while talking about China? It’s not even been several years since [Trial of the Gods] started, and it’s just the time when the C-class gate appeared…”

“Ah.. Not too long ago, information came in that the first B-class gate was discovered.”

“Ah, is that so? Anyway, it’s only now that the B-class gate is first discovered, so why are we so anxious because we can’t fight each other? Even if we work together to destroy the gate, we won’t have enough strength…”

Watching Jeong-min shake his head and speak as if grumbling, Jo Won continued.

“Anyway, Xianlong started his activities, and he set the first direction for Thailand. I don’t know what means of transportation he uses, but he said he moves really fast. He seems to be using his skills. Anyway, he is the strongest in Thailand, where he passed. Awakener was killed by Xianlong. A huge group of Awakeners attacked at once, but they said they were all annihilated by one person. An association of worse Awokens was hurriedly formed, and they challenged him… After all, they were all massacred. After that, there was no organization or awakening that challenged him. He left behind the words, ‘From now on, Thailand is a Chinese colony’ and went to Indonesia to do the same thing, and now he is taken over by Japan.”

Jungmin shook his head and furrowed his brows.

“They’re really doing useless things in the world. No, but how do you find the strongest Awakener among those vast countries?”

“That’s because I also… must have a way. Seeing as there are so many different skills…”

“Hmm..”

“He, who is currently in Japan, pointed to Korea in the following order. He seems to come over here after finishing his work in Japan. That’s why I contacted him urgently.”

“Well, good job. Contact other shelters or guilds and tell them never to fight them if you ever encounter them. There seems to be a way to find the most Awoken, so they’ll probably come here. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of them when they come. .”

Jo Won hesitantly asked Jung-min’s words.

“That… would you mind? I know you’re a tremendously strong person, but your opponent is an Awoken who absorbed experience by destroying most of the wide gates in China. That’s not all. It’s a place where people’s lives are valued less than passing trash. He must have killed a lot of other Awoken too. If you add all of those experience points together… it would be a really huge monster.”

“Don’t worry. No matter how many gates I destroyed, they were only D-class gates. Even if I destroyed hundreds or thousands of them and ate experience points, it wouldn’t work for me.”

Watching Jung-min speak confidently, Jo-won also put on a relaxed expression as if he was relieved.

“Until they come, we will stay in the shelter. If you have any information, please tell us right away. When you are here, mana consumption is not high, so you can connect comfortably.”

“all right.”

“Ah, what happened to Yuri and the children? Do you know?”

“Yes, of course I know. This time, we were assigned a room in the newly completed residential area. The children are attending a center within the facility, and Mr. Yuri has been assigned to a combat unit this time. He said that the head of the 6th group made so many demands to the commander-in-chief to be included in his team. That’s why he joined the 6th group.”

“I see. I understand.”

Jeongmin and Leah left the shelter manager’s room.

When I told Leah what Jo Won had said, Leah shook her head and said.

“True.. Even though the dimension is different, I think all humans are the same. I see it repeated everywhere.”

“I think something similar happened in Elan, right?”

Leah nodded at Jeongmin’s question.

“It’s not really the same, but similar things have happened a lot. Phew.”

Seeing Leah let out a small sigh, Jung-min smiled and said.

“Oh, I guess it can’t be helped. What can I do? It happened, so I have to deal with it.”

“By the way, where are we going now? Shall we go to Liddell?”

“Hmm.. It looks like it’s late today, so let’s go tomorrow. We should find out how Yuri and the kids are doing, and ask Eunjin how far her skill training has progressed. Let’s take a break today.”

After hearing Jung-min’s words, Leah nodded, and the two of them moved to the studio and took a honey-like rest.

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