99 – 099. Simultaneous Incident (14)

Hounds.

They were a group of enlisted soldiers raised by the Yeo-il group away from the public eye, and they were cleaners and contractors who took care of the group’s dirty work.

Most of them were superhumans, but they weren’t born with psychic powers suitable for battle.

However, by strengthening their bodies through all sorts of illegal drugs and procedures and wearing advanced equipment suitable for battle, they were able to bring out fighting power beyond what was inherent in them.

Of course, in return, most of them became like slaves who lost their will, but their combat power was certain.

Twenty such hounds charged at once.

– Chuck.

Ryu Tae-hyeon was the first to step forward in front of the approaching enemies. Scattering Talisman’s light brightly, with a warlike smile on his face, he raised his fists and lowered his stance as if he would run away at any moment.

-Sueuk.

However, Seol Ah-hyun blocked his way. As Ryu Tae-hyun looked at her, as if asking what she was thinking, Seol Ah-hyun, who slightly turned her head, said to him.

“For now, wait. Do you remember the plan we decided before coming in?”

At the same time, Seol Ah-hyun ran out. To the area where the hounds are most concentrated.

-Quaaang!!

The next moment, the entire warehouse shook with a loud roar.

Ahyeon Seol didn’t do anything special. He just ran into his enemies and slammed his feet down on the floor with all his might.

A simple stomp.

If I had to give it a plausible name, it would be Jin-gak.

The kick I fired after aiming for the ground didn’t even hit the enemies directly.

However, can kicking with the physical abilities of an S-class superman be regarded as ‘non-attack’?

“Kuk!”

“Kuhup?!”

A powerful vibration shook the bodies of the hounds. Dozens of concrete shards were lodged in their bodies.

-Clap! Chuck! Chuck!

However, there was no way that a superhuman with a bright color would be hit by stone fragments. The hounds, who had lost their balance due to Seol Ah-hyun’s advance, quickly regained their stance and each pulled out their weapons.

Someone with a sword. Someone with an axe. Someone has a gun. Some wear bizarre weapons that only appear in sci-fi movies.

All of the weapons they wield are the crystallization of the skills and efforts mankind has accumulated over decades of dealing with monsters.

However.

The moment they saw even the slightest gap in front of an S-class superman who could tear even such monsters apart with their bare hands, their defeat was already decided.

“One thing at a time.”

-Tooquaang!

A dull impact sound.

One of the hounds flew up to the wall with his back broken by a giyeokja, and got stuck.

However, the enemy was not one.

– Wedge love liquid!

– Whiririk!

-Bang! Taang!

In the next moment, weapons were swung all around Seol Ah-hyun. Sword blades, spear points, ax blades, and bullets mercilessly rushed in to tear her body apart.

-Suddenly! Pooh! Kwajik! Smack!

A sharp blade cut Seol Ah-hyun’s throat. The tip of her spear pierced her chest. A dull ax blade pulverized her bones, and an armor-piercing bullet larger than her fingers tore her stomach.

‘…… I saw it.’

…… Until, the future one second later that she confirmed as future time.

And exactly one second later, her hand was quickly swung by an attack that flew in the exact same path as the future she just checked.

-Pababababat!

Cut off the blade. Spill the spear Kick up the ax blade to break it and dodge bullets. While everyone was stunned by the attack that went back to idle in an instant, only Seol Ah-hyun was smiling leisurely.

“…… Two.”

-Tooquaang!

Another roar rang out and a hound flew through the air again.

-Cheong! Chaeeng! Caang!

On the other hand, Seol Ah-hyun fights on the other side.

Ahn Soo-ho, Ji Ye-won, and Ryu Tae-hyeon were fighting the rest of the hounds that didn’t go to Seol Ah-hyeon.

-Roar!

“Keuugh!”

Ahn Soo-ho hurriedly ducked in the wild flames. Then, a large blunt instrument with lightning bolts flew at him as if it were being lifted from below.

‘I can’t avoid this!’

I tried to block the blunt weapon with the sword I was holding, but the direction was bad. In the end, he blocked the blunt weapon he was swinging with his arm.

-Pajijijijik!

A blue current bounced off, and a fluorescent hexagon panel pattern appeared on the sleeve of the coat covering An Su-ho’s arm. Its identity was a defense element coated on the outer surface of the defensive coat.

But the next moment, the panel that had been shining in fluorescent color turned gray and lost its light. With just one blow, the defense element on the sleeve had completed its function.

“…… f*cked this.”

Ahn Soo-ho swung his sword while holding onto his throbbing arm. However, the pace was infinitely slow and slow.

Ahn Su-ho felt that his own body was heavy. In fact, there was nothing wrong with his body. It was just that I didn’t activate Morning Star’s breath. However, it was a big difference for Ahn Su-ho, who always enjoyed the efficacy of artifacts whenever he fought.

An Su-ho’s combat skills were honed through actual combat rather than systematic training.

And Ahn Soo-ho has been fighting most of the battles with the breathing of the morning star. Naturally, his skills and senses were also tailored to his physical abilities, accelerated through artifacts.

Because of this, Ahn Su-ho’s body could not keep up with the sharp sensation.

‘I didn’t expect to whine at this age because my body didn’t keep up…… !’

The fortunate thing was that out of the three, only one Ahn Su-ho was on the defensive. Ji Ye-won was able to deal with the hounds that rushed at her, and when she reached Ryu Tae-hyeon, she was dealing with several hounds at the same time, slowly but surely subduing the enemy one by one.

“Ahn Soo-ho! Excuse me!”

At that time, Ji Ye-won called him in an urgent voice.

Ahn Su-ho’s eyes turn to the direction Ji Ye-won pointed. The tip of his finger was pointing at K, who was trying to escape through the warehouse entrance, being wary of themselves surrounded by hounds. Of course, Kang Ha-neul was also slung over her shoulders.

“Ryu Tae-hyeon!”

“Okay bro!”

Go ahead and stop K. Ahn Soo-ho shouted to Ryu Tae-hyeon.

-Gasp.

But the next moment, Ryu Tae-hyeon grabbed Ahn Su-ho by the collar instead of rushing at K.

“What are you doing-“

“I’ll throw it, bro!”

“Hey wait!”

Right after that, Ryu Tae-hyeon swung Ahn Su-ho’s body and threw it toward his entrance.

‘What are you doing all of a sudden?!’

Ahn Su-ho could not hide his embarrassment. If one of the enemies runs away with Kang Ha-neul, Ryu Tae-hyeon says let’s go after him. I must have decided that before entering the warehouse.

‘Considering the current situation, this is the best.’

However, Ryu Tae-hyeon thought that the number of enemies was too many.

The number of enemies that I originally thought would only be six is now twenty-one. It is said that Seol Ah-hyun is in charge of ten hounds alone, but Ryu Tae-hyun had to remain here to deal with the remaining ten.

Because Ji Ye-won and Ahn Soo-ho alone cannot defeat them.

So this was the best. Taehyung Ryu thought so.

‘Yeah, is that so?’

And Ahn Soo-ho also guessed Ryu Tae-hyeon’s intention while flying. Eventually, he climbed over the hounds and landed near the entrance of the warehouse.

“Stop it!”

K found Ahn Soo-ho and shouted briefly. Hearing the cry, the hounds turned away from Ryu Tae-hyeon and Ji Ye-won and tried to attack Ahn Su-ho.

“Where!”

However, Taehyung Ryu stood in the way. Ji Ye-won also stood beside him and pulled out a sharpened dagger.

The appearance of two people guarding Ansuho with their backs to the entrance.

Ryu Tae-hyeon and Ji Ye-won spoke silently with their backs in front of the hounds that had stopped running after them.

Go ahead.

Save Kang Ha-neul.

At this, Ahn Su-ho nodded briefly and followed K, who was running away.

It was the point where there was only one hour left before the morning star’s breathing stock was filled up again.

***

Abandoned textile mill. Behind it is the forested foot of Bukhansan Mountain. K fled into the mountain with the river on his back.

And Ahn Su-ho followed closely behind K.

“Oops! Huh! Omg!”

His breathing became rough. Even if you are a superman, running up a mountain road at night without any lights is extremely exhausting.

But the same goes for K.

However, since he had the burden of Kang Ha-neul hanging on his back, his stamina consumption was more than that of An Su-ho, but by no means less.

It took about 20 minutes of rough riding up the mountain where the road was not even properly paved.

“………… Whoa.”

K stopped walking in a small empty lot that appeared before long.

‘It won’t end if I just run away like this.’

I tried to avoid fighting as much as possible, but I couldn’t help it. The moment K turned around after putting Kang Ha-neul, who was still unconscious due to the anesthetic, on the floor.

-Perong!

A sudden mass of black smoke shook her chin.

“Keugh?!”

A surprise blow knocked K’s body back. He did not miss the gap and rushed as hard as An Su-ho could.

‘It’s too late to fight back. Should be avoided…… !’

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Looking at Ahn Su-ho’s fist pulled back as hard as he could, K avoided himself. However, it was not K that Ahn Soo-ho was aiming for. Ahn Su-ho’s feet, which had grabbed Kang Ha-neul who had collapsed on the floor, scratched the ground with the same momentum as when they were rushing into it.

“Sky!”

An urgent call. But there was no answer. Despite Ahn Su-ho’s call, Kang Ha-neul didn’t even move, and he just closed his eyes as if he were dead.

“…… A special anesthetic used by Choin during surgery was used. Unless you inject an antidote, you won’t wake up until tomorrow no matter what.”

At those words, Suho Ahn glared at K with his eyes wide open.

“Your eyes are brutal. Nothing to worry about. There are no side effects, the researcher said.”

“You bastard… ….”

“Why, as expected, do you get angry when your girlfriend acts like that?”

“What?”

Ahn Soo-ho frowned and asked in return, and K smiled and said.

“I have finished investigating all the people around Kang Ha-neul. Are you Ansuho? I hear you’re pretty close with that girl, right? Stephanie said she tried to tease you, but how did it go? Have you already played one? Oh, it’s possible that you didn’t recognize his identity because of the rice cake feeling, right? Phew!”

“…… Okay. Are you done investigating me?”

K’s grinning, Ahn Soo-ho answered in a voice filled with anger. Only the talisman in his hand began to emit a fierce light.

Anger filled his brain. Eventually, that anger turned into murderous intent and was fired at the contractor in front of him.

The pure murderous intent that I felt for Stephanie earlier.

The moment K was taken aback by that blatant emotion, dark smoke began to gather in Ahn Su-ho’s grasp.

-Hwi Oh Oh Oh Oh!

K hesitated at the unusual momentum of the smoke rising blacker than the shade of the forest hidden by the trees. Right after that, Suho Ahn stretched out his hand and spoke softly.

“Then did you investigate this too?”

In the next moment, a black muddy stream burst out of his hand.

-Tooquaaa!!!!!

A black tidal wave covered the forest.

A roar echoed everywhere. A storm blew in all directions, with thick trees growing and floors of earth and stone rising and rising. Ahn Su-ho turned her back, holding her in his arms as if to protect her river sky from her blowing wind.

Soon the storm died down and the smoke dissipated, revealing a devastated forest as if it had been bombed.

K, who had been standing there a while ago, was nowhere to be seen.

“… ….”

However, Ahn Su-ho did not let go of the tension.

A blow that completely released Talisman. Its power was such that even the killer of the Dawning Corps, who had been chasing Ji Ye-won earlier, could be crushed without leaving a trace. But I couldn’t be careless. Just because he doesn’t see a corpse doesn’t mean he must have died without leaving a corpse unconditionally.

– Hui oh oh oh.

In a quiet forest. An unexpectedly cold night wind brushed past his ears.

One second like that. 2 Seconds. 3 Seconds.

And 10 seconds. 20 Seconds. 30 Seconds.

Finally, one minute.

Waiting for an enemy who did not show up no matter how long he waited, Ahn Su-ho sharpened his senses even more. He didn’t have the slightest bit of carelessness.

Amid such heavy tension, the longest 5 minutes passed.

At this point, just as An Su-ho thought about whether he had really died in a single blow, the crisp sound of tree branches breaking passed his ears.

“!!”

Ahn Suho immediately stretched out his hand in that direction. The talisman glowed fiercely and black smoke billowed. To be able to launch immediately.

However.

“Brother!”

In the forest located perpendicular to the direction Ansuho destroyed. It was Ryu Tae-hyeon, not K, who appeared there. He was rushing towards Ahn Su-ho.

“Ryu Tae-hyeon…… ?”

“Are you okay bro?! Are there any injuries?”

Ryu Tae-hyeon, approaching the Ansu Lake, asked while being wary of the surroundings.

“How are you here… ….”

“I was riding a mountain looking for my brother, and I saw that smoke exploded a while ago, so I came here! Is the sky okay? Less than that?”

“Heaven is fine. And little……. I think I may have knocked it down.”

“Maybe…… ?”

Ryu Tae-hyeon frowned at the ambiguous answer and nodded his head as he looked at the scorched forest. He seemed as if he had roughly grasped the situation.

“What happened to the warehouse side?”

“It should be over by now. Around the time I almost defeated all of them, only Seol Ah-hyun was left, and I and that woman came out to find my older brother.”

“Yes. If so, that’s good.”

“First of all, we move from the sky to the bottom. Can your brother do it? Or should I carry it?”

“I will carry it. There are no injuries anywhere…… Peel… ….”

That moment. A sense of incongruity crept into Ahn Soo-ho’s brain.

‘What?’

Ahn Su-ho looked at Ryu Tae-hyeon. As if Ryu Tae-hyeon was worried, he was looking at him and the river and the sky alternately. There’s nothing particularly strange about it.

However.

‘…… Why are you using honorifics at me again?’

I forgot to let go because the situation was the situation, he said in a familiar honorific. When you think about it that way, the situation is quite understandable.

However, Ahn Su-ho’s senses, which had been sharpened a moment ago, did not miss that small difference.

“Brother?”

Ryu Tae-hyeon called Ahn Su-ho as if asking what was going on. In response, he said, “Why do you use honorific words for me again?” The moment Ahn Su-ho was about to ask that question, Ryu Tae-hyeon scratched the back of his head as if he were embarrassed and said,

“Oh, did I make a mistake?”

“What?”

-Fu-wook!

The next moment, Ryu Tae-hyeon’s outstretched blade pierced Ahn Su-ho’s stomach.

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