To Busan

“The new Korea… It is used to mean all forces that move independently of existing politics or the government of the Republic of Korea.”

“Are you not trusting the government anymore? Or a vigilante?”

“Both are correct. The government is not doing its job, and it is a situation where you have to protect your own body.”

“Strictly speaking, it is an anti-government organization.”

“what… That’s right too. hahahaha… .”

He looked like someone who had been stabbed, but it was a commendable move.

In this situation, trusting and waiting for the incompetent government is ‘Please kill me.’ It’s like giving up your head.

just one month. In the meantime, this place had become a completely unfamiliar world, neither of the pan continent nor of the earth.

“This is the space I use.”

A private room located on the middle floor of the building.

An office that would have been used by a team leader at the company was being used as his residence.

Paik Kun-woo guided Ha Yeon-woo to a luxurious sofa that someone must have used.

After guiding Ha Yeon-woo to the head of the office, he immediately turned on the gas burner instead of the coffee pot on the other side.

A brief silence came soon after.

How long had it been since Ha Yeon-woo looked out the window and engraved the panoramic view in his eyes? The water in the kettle started to boil.

He brought the little leftover mixed coffee and carefully handed it over as if it were a bribe.

“The Awoken formed three groups and established a base. In the form of stealing other people’s things or helping each other like us. At least according to the information available so far, most of them are like that.”

Of course, there must be many people who are much lower than that.

He added that the Seocho-gu area is being protected by the Paik Kun-woo and Il-sung groups.

That their purpose is survival and self-reliance within the territory of as many people as possible.

Well, that was all I could do in the current situation.

“However, the story changes even if you leave the Seocho-gu area.”

“Because everyone can become an enemy.”

Actually it was.

There was a time when we almost collided while meeting Paik Kun-wu’s colleague who was waiting at the Military Demarcation Line and used as a barrier.

I know each other, and rumors of each faction spread in Seoul to some extent, so it ended with a light explanation of the situation, but I shouldn’t have thought that it would be the same in other places.

“That’s why you couldn’t get out of Gyeonggi-do.”

“… yes. Armaments and food are currently of the greatest value to each faction. Even if you travel all the way to Busan with the best of the best, you need a lot of preparation… .”

“Because I will definitely collide with the guys who are aiming for that.”

It would be better to see that most of Korea’s actual Awakened powers are in good health, rather than if they were completely destroyed like most countries.

I haven’t seen many cases, but most of the mutant creatures that appeared in the Sara Autonomous District possessed powers that exceeded the 3rd tier.

If Paik Geon-wu led his comrades and headed there, it was obvious that he would have to pass through dozens of spheres of influence and bump into them while moving.

An environment where hundreds or thousands of hostile factions are scattered, and you do not know when and where to surprise and strike.

In addition, if you are unlucky, you could face a person of the same level or a much bigger force.

No matter how strong the country was in the past, it is impossible to go blindly.

Moreover, he was the leader of this group, he had someone to take responsibility for, and it was something that could have put his colleagues to death.

“Everyone said they would be with me, but honestly, I decided that it would be difficult with my current power.”

“So you came to see me?”

“yes… .”

Since Ha Yeon-woo was in the same place as the uptown without having to go far, it was the best option to seek help in Paik Kun-wu’s situation.

“It’s Busan… .”

The fact that he was already here was proof that he was going to help Paik Kun-wu.

It was a whim. Perhaps his visit, which was made at a time when he should have grasped the situation, was very timely, or it could have overlapped with his own image of missing his father after falling to the continent.

Even so, Paik Geon-wu swallows his saliva, probably feeling anxious as he repeats his words.

Soon, a low voice from Ha Yeon-woo’s mouth echoed through the space.

“Help me. I had to figure out the situation elsewhere anyway.”

* * *

Nothing was free in this world.

Ha Yeon-woo gave Paik Kun-wu a notice that he would receive payment after the work was done, and Paik Kun-wu immediately accepted the offer and the two departed for Busan.

There were quite a few people who wanted to go with me, but of course they didn’t come with lots of them.

If the two moved, there was no reason to spend several times more than two days.

The two of them passed Gyeonggi-do and crossed the mountainous area around Cheongju and moved to the vicinity of Gumi.

While moving, reducing collisions by using uninhabited roads and crossing mountains as much as possible.

Ayeek-!

Could it be because the moonlight reflected the light on the sword that Paik Geon-wu pulled out?

A gigantic grotesque bird flew from the sky with an eerie sound.

“duck?”

“right… Seems to.”

Most of the mutant creatures that appeared in Seoul and Gyeonggi were in the form of insects or were difficult to describe as wild animals.

Even then, the number of objects was not very large.

There were not many things to change in the first place, so there were few problems.

The Sara Autonomous District, which was carrying out the new city development project by pushing away the entire land, was in a similar situation.

Wild animals were alive and breathing all over Hana Province, and the livestock industry was flourishing.

While heading here, I was about to deal with various mutant creatures, and the one that appeared this time was close to a duck in appearance.

The webbing between the toes, the stupid-looking face, and the flat beak were all visible because of its enormous size.

Including the spread wings, it could have been 4 meters long.

It may have developed as it mutated, but its feathers had the characteristic of emitting light like metal.

It probably didn’t just shine, but turned into a really hard armor.

“It’s big.”

“Iknow, right. That one is huge too.”

However, there was no tension in the conversation between the two.

This is because he knows better than anyone else that being big doesn’t mean being strong.

“I will handle it.”

As in the previous several clashes, Paik Geon-wu kicked the ground again with his sword hanging down.

Fang-

His new model flew away with the sound of the air bursting, and neatly cut off one wing of a giant duck flying from afar.

Kieh-!

The second sword hit fell on the head of the guy who screamed and turned round and round.

Koo Woo-

Soon after, Paik Kun-wu got down a little later than the grotesque bird that had become bloody with a crashing sound.

“It’s neat.”

He’s definitely someone who knows how to use a sword.

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Looking at the realm of swordsmanship, it was first-class to second-class.

Without having to look far, it was similar to the strength of the elite Awakeners on the Pan continent.

However, there was a difference in that they had trained for at least 10 years in the presence of a manual and teacher, and Paik Geon-woo was in a situation where basic knowledge was completely absent.

Because there is no way that an ordinary middle school student in Korea learned the art of killing.

Even if he had learned kendo, it was the same.

Martial arts or martial arts.

It has been used against humans, and now even that has been transformed, and modern swordsmanship, which has become a sport, is a foundation for awakened people.

If that were the case, the level of Earth Awakeners would not have been so damned.

Therefore, Paik Geon-wu was saying that he was different from ordinary awakened people.

He was the only person interested in his skills. Like Eileen in America.

What would it be like if you were a normal Awakener?

Ninety-nine times in a hundred, he would have infused the sword with as much mana as he could to lengthen his sword to match a gigantic creature.

And I would have tried to whip it up with a moderate swing.

However, instead of spewing out mana, Paik Geon-wu condensed it to increase his alertness and cutting power, and even in the air, he cut his wings and neck one after another with a sword that was not superfluous.

It was a battle to see Salo (殺路) against an opponent much weaker than himself. without even being conscious of it.

Such a thing was only possible with a skillful assassin or a talent for ‘combat’ itself.

Of course, the level of Ha Yeon-woo was out of the question.

“thank you.”

Paik Geon-wu smiled shyly as he brushed off the blood from his sword on the floor.

At this time, he looked like a man of his age without hesitation.

I’m not particularly interested in talented people, but from the first time I came to Sara Autonomous District to now. He was a guy who kept doing things that caught his eye.

At first, he and his past self seemed to overlap, so it was just a whim.

‘It’s worth using.’

He’s a guy who doesn’t miss anything. More importantly, it hadn’t been asked yet.

What was more valuable than talent in a world like this was the fact that he had a whole and ordinary mind.

Of course, it was because Ha Yeon-woo himself had an overwhelming inaction among humans right now.

Anyway, Jang Won-woo and Na Sang-gi were doing well by their side, but they were non-awakened to the last.

It was always a pity that there was a vacuum of power.

If Paik Kun-woo joined, it was worth expecting a little more perfection from Se.

In the meantime, I felt a sign.

“They are coming.”

The steps continued in the middle of the day.

I didn’t even have to worry about catching a giant duck.

For Ha Yeon-woo, it was close to walking normally, but he was moving at a speed that could easily exceed 30 km/h, seeing signs that survived here and there.

When the location of the two reached the edge of Daegu, Ha Yeon-woo felt the presence of a crowd filling the air.

Paik Geon-wu, who had heard the muttering, asked curiously.

“yes? which… .”

“Things similar to the ducks.”

He didn’t stop moving even while he was talking, and gradually got closer to them.

how long has it been Paik Kun-wu’s expression hardened as well, probably feeling the momentum.

‘I’ll have to think about how to reap it.’

Before Paik Kun-wu could react, a half-white cold light burst from Ha Yeon-wu’s hand.

Kieh-!

Kiek-

It was when close to a hundred grotesque birds began to appear.

ugh-

ugh-

Hundreds of mana chunks embroidered in front, making air-slicing ruptures, astonishment erupted from the side.

“Oh, magic… ?”

If you don’t know the mechanism, it’s a situation that can be mistaken enough.

If you are an unmanned person or an awakened person, you can tell. That one lump of mana Ha Yeon-woo created now is like a snowball.

Making a snowball and throwing it is something even a child can do.

But making hundreds of them at the same time, picking them up at the same time, and shooting each one at the exact target was a tough job even for a machine.

Of course, it also stimulated people’s desire for improvement.

Those who have awakened Mana strived to achieve the impossible without any means and methods. No, it probably was, as it is a history that has been going on for thousands of years.

But nothing is perfect.

The way to use the inherent mana to the limit made me give up all close combat such as martial arts and box fighting.

Excluding those things, the only way to use mana was pursued to the limit, which was the current magic, and such people were the people called wizards of the Pan continent and the earth.

“The division between the swordsman and the wizard is a setting that only appears in novels.”

There was no need to choose one or the other, whether it was a weapon or a use of mana. You can do it. The proof is Ha Yeon-woo himself.

Soon, the mana chunks that filled Ha Yeon-woo like Ya Myung-ju were shot into the sky.

fish-

Fish Shook-

As befits its characteristics, only the sound of tearing the air filled the dark moonlit sky.

and shortly thereafter

Pereouk-

furbuck-

Ferb Bug-

Would this kind of sound come out if the meat pieces lined up in a row were beaten mercilessly with a machine gun?

The feathers of the bird, which had become like a monster and developed like metal, could not be twisted and pierced, and like bullets filled with rotational force, the sound of ripping through the inside of the body and exploding resounded incessantly.

blood and flesh. The sound of the corpses of the monsters falling in the distance filled the area for a while.

“Wow… .”

Paik Kun-wu’s low exclamation was heard.

“I don’t have time to admire.”

“yes?”

Could it be that a series of reactions happen all at once like flowing water? Or is it inexperience? If it’s not him, maybe the stability of the mind has come and the eyes are blurred.

Baek Kun-wu expresses his curiosity with a bewildered expression.

Ha Yeon-woo asked him.

“that. Which direction do you think it came from?”

“It’s almost in a straight line with the one we’re going to… . Maybe Gimhae or Busan?”

Realizing belatedly that he had his destination at the end of his words, his expression hardened in an instant.

“… Boo, Busan… .”

The problem didn’t end there.

“Hey, I didn’t come here to play. He was running away from something.”

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