You Didn't Tell Me the Start of My Transmigration Was a Gate

“It’s cleared!”

“We have received a report from one of our teams on the scene!”

The gate was.. Cleared?

“I–it’s even on TV!”

“It’s up on the portal site as breaking news now!”

That means—- The clearing units, the clearing units have made it!

『….. This came in a few minutes ago. The news that the gate, which had garnered attention as the first reported case of gate transmutation in the country, had just been cleared. Let’s go to our correspondent on the field to update us about the clearing operation.』

『Yes. This is Kim Min-Jae, a correspondent at the scene. Normally, the clearing units fall randomly within the area where the gate was created, so it is difficult to pinpoint the location of the clearing unit immediately after clearing. However, since the gate has been highly publicized recently and does not have a wide range, several broadcasters are currently searching for their whereabouts. There was nothing out of the ordinary so far… Ah! They just confirmed the location of the clearing unit!』

‘Please. Please come back alive!’

I never imagined that Lee Eun-Woo would die in such a futile manner.

He somehow managed to survive and stab me in the back a couple of times before, and Jeon Cheong-Woon was an active Hunter before my regression until the Toluk invasion.

He shouldn’t die like this.

The news briefly switched for a while with the announcer simply adding a couple more explanations, but none of it was audible.

『Ah. Let’s get back to our correspondent. He’s already on the scene interviewing the clearing unit.』

It was a moment that made my fists sweat.

『Hunter Lee, Hunter Jeon, how does it feel to be alive?』

『What do you think is the reason for this gate’s transmutation?』

『What was the reason behind the lost of contact inside?』

As soon as the field situation was turned on, it was all chaos.

Flashes went off one after another, and Hunters were lying half-collapsed in the middle of them, their exhaustion was evident.

‘Lee Eun-Woo!’

At the head of the line stood Lee Eun-woo and Jeon Cheong-Woon.

They were disheveled, but clearly alive.

I could see them clearly even through the monitor.

“Thank goodness..! Thank goodness, Guild Leader!”

“Wow. How did he come back from that? That’s amazing.”

“Haha…..”

Everyone else added a word or two, but I could only laugh softly.

『Who do you think made the biggest contribution into clearing this gate?』

『Hunter Lee Eun-Woo, would you like to say something to the fans who supported you?』

『I need to recover first, so we’ll do a detailed interview later.』

『Hunter Lee Eun-Woo! We’ve heard that you suffered some sort of injury before, but this time you seemed to have left unscathed, even though it’s a higher level gate! Is there a reason for that?』

I had to admire that reporter.

He’s actually quite tenacious.

I’d say he’s got a strong work ethic.

‘From what I can see, Lee Eun-Woo doesn’t look too injured.’

Since this is an evolved gate, they must have been short on both supplies and manpower.

The gate was originally a higher grade, so the clearing unit had to be carefully evaluated to fit it, but since it’s evolved, it could have been more difficult to clear.

However, they still managed to clear it without much support, and they looked fine.

While Jeon Cheong-Woon, standing behind them, had torn clothes and visible minor injuries.

Lee Eun-Woo, who is a mage, had little to none.

Well he’s probably standing at the back.

『Ah… 』

Lee Eun-Woo paused for a moment.

『I’ve found a new perspective, and it helped me a lot.』

I don’t know if I’m mistaken but Lee Eun-Woo’s eyes seemed different than usual when he answered.

They were shining brightly with a kind of certainty I don’t understand.

‘… Did he discover something?’

He seemed to have said something similar before.

‘.. On the contrary… I think I was able to understand things clearly because I was doing it with one hand.’

‘You won’t understand it because you’re not a mage.’

I heard him talk about it before when I visited him at the hospital.

He seemed to have crossed over the wall, after injuring his hand.

The reporter tried to probe further, but he was not allowed to do it anymore.

『.. Yes, that’s right, we’ve been told that there are some casualties, but it was fewer than expected. We don’t know the exact number of casualties because we’re still in the process of identifying them..』

….Beep.

No more information was needed.

When the TV went off, we all finally breathed a sigh of relief.

‘I thought he was hated inside the Blue Serpent Guild..’

But at least I can see that they were all worried about his safety.

When I thought about this, I looked around, but Jeon Seo-Ho was still silent.

I stared intently at him, he was still wearing a subtle expression.

I looked at the other guild members, who were all talking about Lee Eun-Woo.

“… Ah.”

Yeah.

I had forgotten, but the seat of power inside the Blue Serpent will soon belong to Lee Eun-Woo.

Until now, Lee Eun-Woo’s position was so clear that there was no place for him to stand.

On the contrary, he was ostracized.

‘But guess… This incident changed that.’

Lee Eun-Woo’s power and presence alone had been planted in everyone’s minds.

The fact that he was able to clear the gate that had transformed from a B-Grade to A unscathed is a testament to his skill.

Jeon Seo-ho seemed to feel that the time had also come.

It’s probably the best time for a generational change.

‘…For the sake of the future, it seems that he’s coming down from the throne himself.’

It was easy to see at a glance why the people of the Blue Serpents were so enthusiastic about Jeon Seo-Ho.

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After a short wait, Lee Eun-Woo finally returned to the headquarters with the clearing unit.

I was lucky enough to be there to see him arrive.

“Hunter Lee Eun-woo!”

“Mr. Lee!”

Seeing him surrounded by people and receiving all that attention……

Made me feel relieved.

I was glad to see that there were many people who cared about him even if it wasn’t me.

‘I don’t think I’ll be able to meet him, so I’ll just head back.’

I just wanted to see his face.

I was about to turn around and go back when—

“Han Seo-Ha.”

Lee Eun-Woo called out to me.

Lee Eun-Woo’s purple eyes directly focused on me through the crowd.

“You were here, too.”

“….I had some business to do. So I was Just stopping by.”

“Uh… I see.”

I was embarrassed to say that I was worried about him, so I made a lame excuse.

Lee Eun-Woo chuckled because he knew how terrible the excuse was.

“Don’t worry. I’m not going to die.”

The expression on Lee Eun-Woo’s face was a little strange, as if he was happy to be alive.

“It’s just—”

After he said that his head turned quickly.

Before I could ask what the hell he wanted to say, the others had already grabbed him, and started asking him about the gate.

‘What, why did he stop?’

It was weird, but…

Looking at his face, smiling and dealing with people, I didn’t think he was sick, and that was enough.

So I turned around, satisfied with that.