_ Volume 21 Episode 18
518. Eighth Return Earth (3)
A quiet voice resounds.
The atmosphere cooled down. The faces of the guardians were distorted.
“We are… weak?”
“I am not weak. not weak.”
But that’s about it.
“I don’t think it’s up to the level of saving the world. Did you really save the world?”
“dare! Make fun of your cheeky mouth!”
One of the impatient guardians let out a roar. The weapon was tightly gripped in that hand.
“I feel that way, so what do you mean?”
Amelia grumbled. There was not the slightest hint of tension on his face.
Akrasian struggled to suppress his emotions and twisted his lips.
“…strong.”
“Not strong enough. Although there are people who are too monstrous.”
“But it’s a frog in the well. After all, you
are not even able to save this world.”
“That’s what…
Amelia shrugged. It was true, so there was nothing to say.
“But that doesn’t mean you guys are strong.”
“you.”
In an instant, the intent to kill arose. A sense of tension lingered around, as if they would collide at any moment.
“You will need an education.”
It was the moment Akrasian was about to draw his sword. Amelia calmly watched the series of movements.
But the sword was not drawn. It was because Taesan, who appeared out of nowhere, was watching them.
“ah. Taesan.”
“Go Tae-san Kang.”
Taesan looked at Akrasian without saying anything. Akrasian broke into a cold sweat at the emotionless gaze.
Taishan stood there quietly and then left again.
Akrasian barely suppressed his excitement.
‘It must have been dangerous.’
Their owners are transcendental. If he attacks at will, the wrath of the Transcendentalist may overwhelm him.
Akrasian regained his composure.
“It doesn’t matter what you say. No matter what, you couldn’t even save this small world. And we’ve saved countless worlds.”
That is an undeniable truth. Amelia didn’t say anything about it either.
just suspicious
“…I see what it is.”
Amelia nodded, as if realizing it to herself. Perhaps thinking that he was backing down, Akrasian gave a twisted smile.
“Do you seriously think that your experience and knowledge are above ours? I wouldn’t be that stupid. Think carefully.”
Silence lingered.
*
*
The conclusion came easily.
Earth’s players followed the Guardians’ advice.
If it was natural, it was natural. The guardians succeeded in protecting countless worlds from the clutches of the old gods. On the other hand, they couldn’t.
There was a difference in pure performance, so I couldn’t be stubborn without following. The overall opinion
was decided to follow the guardians.
However, there was one worrying factor.
Those who stepped on the same depth as Amelia and Lee Tae-yeon.
There was a good chance they would object. Right away, Amelia didn’t seem to trust the Guardians very much.
However, contrary to expectations, there was no backlash.
“I don’t care. go easy That’s good.”
“do it yourself.”
Lee Taeyeon said calmly. Amelia also showed an expression of disinterest.
“…Are you really okay? We will follow them.”
“You’re not going to fight anyway, are you? Then I don’t care. Of course, I have no intention of following you.”
“what?”
“My master is Taesan.”
Amelia said without shame.
She is the one and only apostle of Taishan. She gave her soul to him, and
everything about her belongs to Taishan.
“There is only one person who can give me orders.”
Anything else is nothing to her. can’t hold her down
“Kim Hwi-yeon or Oliver. You guys, since Tae-san has entrusted the agents directly, I’ll follow you for now, but… they’re not.”
“Are you okay? If a collision happens…
“Why is that?”
It was a very indifferent attitude, as if it was a problem. Lee Tae-yeon
was not much different.
The attitude was embarrassing, but the conclusion was drawn first.
Guardians began to control and manage the players.
It was a little difficult at first because it was a number of billions, but with the help of Kim Hwi-yeon, I was able to control it soon.
And they set off to Greenland. Head right under the crack in the sky.
Again, monsters appeared to block their path.
[Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!]
[
Monster 48881 appeared.]
[Monster 97745 appeared.]
[Monster 32319 appeared.]
[Monster 47515 appeared.]
Thousands of monsters rushed from the front. As if Akrasian had been waiting, he grabbed his weapon.
“Look. You ignorant ones.”
He spoke in a proudly arrogant tone.
“This is our strength.”
Guardians gallop.
Collide with thousands of monsters at very high speed.
Aaaaaang!
And the monsters are torn apart and perish.
“Ha ha ha ha ha!”
One guardian bursts out laughing and swings an axe. Monsters splinter and diverge.
Whoa!
One monster dodges the ax and grabs the arm of the guardian.
“joy!”
The Guardian pushed his body roughly. the monster flies
Quadduk.
The Guardians didn’t stop.
In an instant, the monsters were sorted out.
Before long, the Guardians who had dealt with all the monsters raised their hands proudly.
“Oohhh!”
Shouts of victory resound. Akrasian looked up at the people of Earth with a proud face.
“This is our strength!”
No answer came back.
I felt a lot of puzzled stares. Thinking that they were surprised by their strength, Akrasian said with a proud face.
“We saved the world. It certainly has this much power.”
Akrasian, who was in a good mood, said not to be shy.
“what. These are pretty strong monsters. If it wasn’t for the help of the Transcendental One, I don’t think I would have been able to deal with it. You tried.”
Again, no answer came back.
The reason was simple. It wasn’t about the strength of the Guardians that they were flustered about.
“Why is it only B grade?”
I thought there would be hundreds to thousands of A-class, but it was only B-class. They were able to solve that much without any problems.
And what was even more strange was that the Guardians who saved the world were proud of the fact that they had just defeated that monster.
People felt a sense of alienation. It was as if he had been told that the most fearsome enemy a great warrior had to face was the wild dogs of the neighborhood
.
Of course there were no problems. In the end, the monsters were able to be defeated. Thanks to the Guardians, they didn’t have to fight.
It wasn’t a loss because he could move on without any damage. There was no reason to ask the question.
For now, the status quo has been maintained, but Kim Hwi-yeon has a lot of worries.
They knew nothing about Guardians. They knew only that they had saved countless worlds, but
they did not know what kind of group they were or what their tendencies were.
Can I leave them to judge?
As Taesan’s agent, she had a lot of command, and she couldn’t help but worry.
Eventually, she went to Kang Tae-san.
“what do you think?”
She told Tae-san about her concerns.
And Taesan answered.
“You do it yourself.”
” yes?”
“I have no intention of intervening in your problems with the Guardians.”
It is a struggle between mortals. It was not something that they could not solve, such as monsters that were in danger of destruction, nor that many lives were in danger.
“You can’t depend too much on me. Of course, there is no choice but to depend. Because you can’t survive without me. However, if you leave this judgment up to me, you will be unable to do anything without me
.”
“That…
Kim Hwi-yeon was speechless for a moment.
It was not wrong. The Guardians and their problems were something that could be solved without Taesan’s help. I went to the side where I had come to ask for help out of habit.
“Now you need to stand on your own.”
Above all, it was a problem that did not require Taesan’s help.
“I also have work to do on my own.”
“What to do?”
“I’m thinking of going ahead and checking.”
Taesan snapped her fingers. Cutting through the wind, Minerva appeared.
“Where is it? Hasn’t it been too long?”
“sorry. But there’s no way for you to come out.”
All of the enemies Taesan was fighting were only enemies that Minerva could not control. There was nothing to summon.
“Minerva. Make a way for them to cross the sea.”
“okay!”
Taesan stood up. Hwiyeon Kim hurriedly opened her mouth.
“I. Mr. Taesan?”
“Ask Diana if you don’t know anything. I’m counting on you.”
With those words, Taesan disappeared. Kim Hwi-yeon looked at the empty sky with a blank face.
*
*
Mount Tai has disappeared.
The fact did not take long to spread. People were agitated. The fact that the absolute leader who led them had disappeared made them fall into a panic.
Kim Hwi-yeon desperately poisoned them all.
Taesan left to organize his work.
We’ll be waiting for you at our destination.
People’s confusion barely subsided.
And when the guardians learned that Taesan had left, they revealed their true nature.
It was night. People tried to set up their own shelters and rest.
At that moment, the guardians grabbed the people.
“stop.”
Akrasian
spoke in front of people.
“From today, gatherings and sleeping without permission are not permitted. Sleep with each person keeping their distance from others.”
” yes?”
“Order and discipline are disturbed. If so, let me know.”
“What is that?”
People were perplexed.
So it was a rule that I had no idea what would happen. Akrasian frowned.
“Are you ignoring my rules?”
With a bloody voice, Akrasian pulled out his sword. At the coercive attitude, the people grumbled and followed the orders in Akrash.
It was fine until there. It was uncomfortable, but it wasn’t much of a problem.
However, as time went on, Akrasian started to set more rules.
“Don’t make noise when we’re fighting monsters.” “
We need someone to help with our meals .
Bring me.”
“We need people to wash us.”
These are the ones who came to Earth to help them. I tried to treat him favorably and concede a lot, but he was gradually crossing the line. Like aristocrats and slaves, they tried to establish a hierarchical relationship.
People’s complaints start to pile up one by one.
” what?”
“No matter how much I came to help, is this right?”
Complaints
were passed on to Kim Hui-yeon, who originally led them. In the end, Kim Hwi-yeon visited Diana.
“Does Diana know about them?”
“I know.”
Diana said what she knew. Those who save the world from the threat of the old gods.
And that he came to save his world too.
“However, my world was not one that was destroyed by Gosins. It was their misunderstanding.”
Diana smiled sadly
.
“Still…they said they could save our world. When everyone was in despair, there was hope that they could survive. The people rejoiced and gave them all they desired. food and drink. gold and silver treasure. Even the woman.”
“Then the princess’s world is not destroyed?”
“no.”
Diana said calmly.
“My world is doomed.”
” yes?”
Kim Hwi-yeon’s pupils widened. In the story so far, there was no reason to perish.
“The reason for their extinction is simple.”
Beldencia said with a contemptuous face.
“Those who enjoyed everything they had to enjoy when the world was headed for catastrophe left because there was nothing to do with this world without Gosin.”
“Ha, but it can be saved…
“I said it was possible. They laughed at me for not saying they would. I
have no intention of arguing with them because I didn’t care whether the world was destroyed or not, but they are really funny.”
Kim Hwiyeon kept her mouth shut. Diana said coldly.
“They are definitely righteous people. Moving to save the world is something no one can do. But not even the good ones.”
“If it wasn’t fair in the first place, Lord Gong would have destroyed it. It’s close to being a reference.”
“okay.”
Kim Hwi-yeon’s head became complicated. Diana looked at him and tilted her head in a strange way.
“What are you thinking about?”
“yes?”
“I don’t think you need to worry.”
“But they have come to help us. As such, once they said…
“No.”
Diana cut off Kim Hwi-yeon.
“You don’t have to listen to the Guardians.”
” yes?”
“iced coffee. Why did you do that?”
Diana nodded her head in agreement.
“Amelia-san and Lee Tae-yeon seemed to know. You don’t know Mr. Kim Hwi-yeon.”
“What is that…
“The reason we believed and treated them in the past was because they were much stronger than us and
had the ability to save the world. But not you.”
“…that word.”
“Why are you following the words of those weaker than you? They are nothing to you.”
Diana asked with pure doubt, as if she really couldn’t understand.
* *
“I’m bored.”
One Guardian grumbled.
Monsters appeared, but they weren’t that threatening. In that case, there was only entertainment, but everything was destroyed and there was nothing left.
“Hmm…
He smacked his lips.
Countless people of Earth passed in front of him.
The Guardian, who looked over them for a moment, moved.
“there. you. Come here.”
He caught a woman. The woman pointed at herself with an ambiguous face.
” me?”
“okay.”
He led the woman to a place where there were few people, and said confidently.
“We are saving you. I am protecting this perishing world.”
“Uh… so?”
“Then, isn’t it natural that you should repay them appropriately?”
There was greed on the Guardian’s face.
” iced coffee.”
The woman nodded as if she knew what she wanted.
“Nope.”
“…what?”
The man’s face contorted.
“I hate it.”
“You don’t understand the language.”
The Guardian raised his fist. I was thinking of threatening him first and then forcing him to listen.
“It’s annoying.”
but woman. There was no tension in Taeyeon’s expression.
It was just an annoying face. Lee Tae-yeon’s hand shook.
Quadduk.
At the same time, the Guardian’s body was slammed into the wall.
* * *
And then.
Taishan had landed under the rift.
“Hmm.”
A huge rift in the sky.
It was definitely growing little by little.
And a huge power felt from beyond.
‘gatekeeper.’
Guardian of the rift.
“This time, that one.”
Taesan murmured.
Level up with skill
