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Steven felt a little more at ease when he was halfway down the mountain range.

He rescued the excavation team from safety and was on the move while protecting them.

He had many Awoken wounded among the Defenders rescue team, but no one was killed and no one was seriously injured.

This was very successful.

It happened because the monsters near the ruins suddenly behaved strangely.

It was really hard when they were fighting systematically.

There didn't seem to be any holes to go through.

Moreover, the giant monster that seemed to command the monsters didn't seem to work at all.

It wasn't really that much, but that's what Stephen and the Defenders' Awokens felt.

After the tension was relieved to some extent, only then did my eyes turn to the ruins excavation team.

Men and women were mixed, and it was clearly distinguished from the Awakenings of the Defenders.

Just like water and oil, they didn't mix at all and were separate.

It was the same when moving while being protected by the Defenders. They huddled together in the center and were alone.

‘Somehow, I feel that way.’

I felt bad, but it didn't matter. All we need to do is take them safely down the mountain range anyway.

At the bottom of the mountain range, the Guardians and Awakenings of the Defenders were hunting monsters.

There was no more danger as long as they joined it.

Because they were all awakened people with excellent skills.

When he was so relieved, the expressions of the awakening members of the ruin excavation team in the center were slightly distorted all at once.

They looked like they were holding on to something.

But they couldn't stand it any longer and opened their mouths all at once.

“Woah ah ah ah ah!”

Everyone was startled by the shouts of dozens of Awoken all at once.

“What, what!”

“Is it a monster?”

"where are you! What's up!"

The Awakeners of the Defenders grabbed their weapons and looked everywhere.

Movement had already stopped.

Everyone was extremely nervous.

Steven was also surprised, but he was the leader anyway, so he had to check what was going on.

He quickly ran to the excavation team.

"what happened."

The awakening members of the ruins excavation team also knew what they had done, so their faces were flushed red.

"Sorry. Suddenly I can't stand it..."

“Yeah?”

Steven looked at them with puzzled eyes.

How should I take what they are saying now?

You screamed because you couldn't stand it? And all at the same time, as if they were put together?

Steven could fully understand why he was making that expression, so everyone looked away from him.

So he didn't say that.

He says that when he screams, his whole body boils with energy.

The confidence that I could defeat any monster for some reason was an added bonus.

A few monsters ran up to them because of their shouts, but they fell quickly.

There were too many Awokens gathered here for only a few monsters to run rampant.

The Awakeneds of the ruins excavation team, who were watching the Defenders' Awakens fighting the monster, went crazy because they wanted to run out and attack the monster.

But he endured to the end. Because I couldn't make any more problems here.

After a while, the Defenders set off again towards the bottom of the mountain range.

Fortunately, this time, there were no major problems until we reached the bottom.

It's a matter of making outrageous screams or something.

* * *

Kang Ha-jin looked at the actions of the awakened through the eyes of the sky and made a somewhat absurd expression.

“Isn’t it a bit difficult to go there without fighting?”

She seemed to have to carefully consider the situation when writing.

By the way, even though I was quite far from the fortress, I saw that the buff worked, so the range of influence was quite wide.

I could clearly feel that I was still firmly connected with them through the strong Hajindo system.

It would be meaningful to find out when this connection will be cut off.

‘And to be accepted as a combat soldier, you have to check whether it must be inside the fortress.’

If so, he was going to bring all the Guardians' guild members here and register them as combat soldiers.

It was well worth it.

As the number of combat soldiers increases, Hajin Kang's power will increase even more, and he can give them a completely new type of buff.

You can even direct them in an emergency.

Hajin Kang thought like that, and he walked to the center of the place surrounded by the fortress.

how far did you walk He soon reached the center.

Hajin Kang looked around him with a puzzled expression.

there was nothing.

He was a little perplexed. He quickly scoured this side from above with [Eye of the Sky].

But he still couldn't find anything special about him.

I tried to focus on my senses, but it was the same.

There was nothing here.

Ha-jin Kang stood still in the center, immersed in her thoughts.

why nothing? Why was the fortress built that way when there was nothing?

Ha-jin Kang, who was quietly looking up at the sky and thinking deeply, suddenly bowed his head and looked down at the floor.

Kang Ha-jin's body had the wind attribute.

Wedge lover!

A raging wind blew through the surrounding land.

Baba Baba Bak!

The wind that Ha-jin Kang created was not just a simple wind. It was a wind with sharp physical power that was imbued with magical power.

The wind blew so fiercely that the surrounding land could not be left behind.

Heaps of dirt flew in all directions around Ha-jin Kang.

There were a lot of fairly large stones in the middle, but the wind like a blade split even those rocks and blew them away.

Hajin Kang spread the wind he had caused. That way he can dig deeper.

How much did you dig up the ground like that?

Soon a hard floor appeared. At first I thought it was a huge rock. But that wasn't it.

Even the wind with the magical power created by Ha-jin Kang did not scratch the floor.

"found."

The remains were underground.

Hajin Kang looked down at the floor. It was a stone floor. The power of the system was felt on the floor.

It didn't seem easy for him to break through by force.

Hajin Kang called the wind again.

And he slowly walked around.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

The blade of the wind, which became wilder and stronger than before, swept the surroundings and blew it away.

More and more remains were revealed.

“The shape itself is not much different from other fortresses.”

But the entrance was different from the fortress.

The center of the wide plate was the entrance, and there was engraved the pattern I saw on the fortress gate earlier.

Ha-jin Kang, who stood there, knew that he needed qualifications to enter here.

And he knew right away that his qualifications were the commander of the fortress.

Hajin Kang was the manager of the fortress, and he was equivalent to his commander.

He stood at the entrance and thought that he wanted to go down while Ha-jin Kang stood inside the ruins.

It was space movement using the power of the system.

I was really surprised. It was because the body moved downward without any foreshadowing or feeling.

Hajin Kang looked around her.

A huge space was spread out. The place where Ha-jin Kang stood was the center of the space.

Although it was underground, there was a faint light throughout the space, so I was able to secure a view. The light was unknown where it was coming from.

The light wasn't very bright, so far away the vision was blurred. Of course, Ha-jin Kang could see through even him, but if ordinary people had entered, he would have felt that there was no end.

‘Can such a large space exist under a mountain range?’

No matter how much I thought about it, it was impossible to create such a space on the middle of the mountain range.

At least it would be possible to secure this amount of space at the bottom of the mountain range.

‘I don’t know if I’m even deeper than I thought.’

Or the space is distorted.

The surprising thing about this space was that it had no pillars even though it was so wide.

The space itself is just bearing the weight of the mountain range from above.

Hajin Kang raised his head and looked at the ceiling.

It was just like a ceiling carved out of a flat stone. There were no patterns.

There was only a small circle engraved on the exact spot where Ha-jin Kang was now standing.

It was probably engraved to indicate the location.

Hajin Kang slightly concentrated his magic power in his eyes to secure more Saya. And I looked around.

It was to check the wall surrounding this space.

Although it was very far away, Kang Ha-jin's eyesight with magical power improved to the point where he could examine the wall carefully.

Unlike the ceiling, the walls were filled with reliefs.

It was a relief sculpted by a soldier.

Each soldier had a sword and a shield, all the same clothes and equipment, but different faces.

Also, they were all slightly different in height and physique. It was like a relief carved out of a real person as a model.

In any case, the soldiers were all around.

“Is something overly realistic?”

I don't know who carved it, but he was really good at it. It was full of life as if all the reliefs came to life.

Not a single wrinkle on his face, not a wrinkle on his clothes, was made in vain.

Ha-jin Kang's expression changed slightly, slowly turning around and examining all the reliefs.

"Well?"

Something was a bit strange.

“Is it a little different from before?”

Hajin Kang's mental strength was really high. And the higher his mental power, the better his memory.

I clearly remembered the face and posture of the relief I had seen for the first time, but it seemed to have changed subtly.

It wasn't an illusion. obviously changed. The angle of the sword, the position of the shield, the direction of the gaze, and the posture of the legs.(Read more @ hotmtlnovel.xyz)

After watching for a while, I realized that it wasn't a mistake.

That relief was really moving.

“It looks like it’s struggling to get out of the wall, right?”

I suddenly had goosebumps.

* * *

The archaeological excavation team arrived safely at the base camp at the foot of the mountain range.

Renat looked at the awakened people with a strange expression.

He began to pay attention to the Awoken, when in the middle he suddenly shouted all at once.

At the time, he was curious as to why everyone was like that, so he just watched for a moment.

But the more I looked, the more strangely uncomfortable I felt, so I had no choice but to keep watching.

There seemed to be a strange sympathy between them.

It was like a team that had been together for a long time.

That was very strange.

Because the Awakeneds of the Ruins Excavation Team were made up of five different teams.

At first, it was thought that their camaraderie deepened while fighting monsters together in the ruins.

However, there was a constant feeling of sympathy that was difficult to explain by that alone.

It is a consensus that the general public cannot enter.

‘I don’t know.’

You would know if it was something that stood out, but it wasn't like that, so it was too vague.

Anyway, I can't be with them anymore. Once you have completed and submitted a report on the ruins, you are all set.

You probably won't be able to go to the ruins in that mountain range again.

‘By the way, I don’t know if the Guardian’s Master is doing well.’

Renat looked at the mountain range for a moment, then turned.

It was time to say goodbye to these mountains.

A strange sight appeared in Renat's eyes as he was about to leave.

The awakenings of the ruins expedition went to the Guardians' camp and blended in with them all too naturally.

It seemed as if they could be trusted even if they were members of the same guild.

‘What is that…?’

I kept a knife-like distance from the Awakenings of the Defenders who came down with me, but why are they so close with the Guardians?

If someone you didn't know saw it, they'd think they were friendly with the Guardians from the beginning.

But it was never. They had absolutely nothing to do with the Guardians.

No, he had a strange antipathy towards the Guardians.

They were superior to the Guardians, but the Guardians used to complain that they were judged more than their abilities due to their popularity.

‘I should probably stay here a little longer.’

Maybe if I wait here, I might be able to meet Ha-jin Kang again.

Renat's footsteps naturally headed towards the Guardian.

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