< Disbelief (1) >
Ashley shook her head.
– I don’t know who he is. Rob from Harry Potter? I can’t see my face because I’m wearing the same thing. And the master standing in front of that man disappeared in an instant. It’s like evaporating.
“Hmm…”
Lucas let out a groan.
That he who had great strength died.
‘…That’s why Master Germaine didn’t appear on the last day.’
If the time frame of his evaporation is before the doomsday.
While Lucas was deep in thought, Sang-woo asked a question.
“Maybe it just disappeared? Like using a skill to escape. It’s not like you’re completely dead.”
Then Ashley retorted.
-It is. But now my intuition is telling me. The fact that I can no longer see the future, and the scene that disappeared as if going back to nothing was like death. Anyway, it’s just my guess, so you can judge the rest.
It was Ashley who shrugged her shoulders as if she didn’t care anymore.
Instead, she urged Lucas.
– Now that I gave you the information, it’s your turn to keep your promise. Lucas Keep your promise.
Lucas, who was lost in thought at those words, asked more.
“Any other information about his future? Don’t look like you’re dying Like an incident.”
-…doesn’t exist. Because he doesn’t come out of his castle. If you’re greedy, I think you’ll be very active.
It was strange.
According to Sang-woo’s indirect experience of the power of the Seven Deadly Sins through his alter ego, all owners of the Seven Deadly Sins are forced to feel the root of their sins.
The endless hunger and irresistible laziness, the burning jealousy of someone, and even the maddening lust.
‘If it’s greed, I’d go around all over the place because of greed, but I don’t think so.’
Sang-woo felt strange about the man called Master, Jermaine.
‘But it worked out rather well. He was a very strong man even when he fought Master back then, but if he had been rampaging because of his greed for a long time… Ugh.’
If that had happened, the world would have been in chaos.
Because of this, Sang-woo considered it rather fortunate.
While he was deep in thought, Lucas was ending communication with Ashley.
“…All right. I will pay the transaction price soon.”
-okay. keep your promise Until today.
“yes. Enough then.”
Lucas cut off communication with Ashley.
And as soon as the communication ended, Sang-woo poured out a storm of questions to Lucas.
He was full of doubts from the moment he heard that the Master had the symbol of greed.
“Mr. Lucas, did you already know about the man called Master? And that the man called Master has the symbol of greed.”
Even knowing that, he was mixed with a bit of rebuke, as if he had asked himself to collect all the seven deadly sins.
Lucas laughed bitterly.
“yes. you’re right. I can’t help but be ignorant of one of the organizations I fight for, the Illuminati. And also about the head.”
Lucas’ answer that he already knew.
Sang-woo felt a kind of betrayal.
“Ha Lucas. I feel a bit cheated. Do you know how strong he is? No, putting the strong one aside, how do you catch that guy who is just flying around and running away?”
Of course, Sang-woo did not think that he could not defeat the man called Master.
He was confident that if he hit the master with skills like his Nuclear Laser or Stormbringer’s Sword Skill, he would definitely win.
‘If it doesn’t work out, I’ll use Gluttony to eat it. It might be a problem to hold on to it.’
But the problem was that it was dangerous to leave it.
‘If it is true that a group called the Illuminati is ruling the world behind the scenes…’
The entanglement itself was a problem.
It means that once they got entangled, they became hostile to the huge power of the Illuminati.
In other words, the family could be in danger again.
‘I was too complacent. Because he could have harmed me and my family when he ran away. You’ve been too careless that you’ve attached several alter egos as bodyguards.’
Of course, I didn’t know exactly who the master was.
Up until now, Sang-woo’s impression of him was ‘You’re crazy’.
But now that I know, things have changed.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Lucas, but collecting the Seven Deadly Sins is something that never happened.”
Sangwoo spoke to Lucas in a clear tone.
Hearing that, Lucas nodded his head in understanding.
“Hmm… so it goes like this. Actually, that’s why I didn’t talk about it. I’m afraid Sang-woo will get scared.”
In the middle of the day, a nuanced answer came back, as if Sang-woo was the ‘weak’.
Sang-woo received an answer that seemed to indicate that he would be able to terminate the contract as he had hoped, but on the contrary, he was secretly in a bad mood.
“Am I scared? Why did you think that?”
Sang-woo who shoots.
Lucas shrugged.
“Yeah, a man called Master is very strong. I know him well because I met him when I was expanding my business. The man I faced then was… stronger than me.”
Lucas’s expression became serious.
But Sang-woo was a little dumbfounded.
“No, why does someone who is stronger than Mr. Lucas become stronger than me? Are you saying Lucas is stronger than me?”
Since Sang-woo was already offended, he was the one who threw the question straight away.
Lucas chuckled.
“Isn’t that obvious? I am the chairman of Enlighten, the world’s number one group. I was the only one in the world to clear Odin’s Tower. Surely you’re not misunderstanding that my abilities you’ve seen so far are everything, right?”
Lucas asked coldly.
Surprisingly, Sang-woo’s complexion hardened at the cold appearance mixed with sarcasm.
‘Well… the man who built the world’s best group with his bare hands wouldn’t be all that nice. And there must be hidden abilities.’
Sang-woo realized that his thoughts were short-lived.
But that’s it and this is this.
Trust with him was already broken.
It was because the fact that he hid information about the Master, the owner of the symbol of greed, had a strong feeling that he was trying to use himself.
“Let’s say yes. Lucas, you are stronger than me. But. Isn’t it too shameless to leave someone stronger than yourself to someone else? I thought you, Mr. Lucas, were a wonderful entrepreneur who acted for humanity rather than for personal self-interest. So I was willing to be with you. But I think I misunderstood the person.”
“I’m really sorry about that. However, the proposal to collect the Seven Deadly Sins was a very careful decision from my point of view. If I hadn’t trusted Sang-woo, would I have made such an offer? And now I was momentarily furious and made my words feel bad. I’m sorry.”
Only then does Lucas admit that he made a mistake and sincerely apologize.
But Sang-woo no longer had feelings for him.
“Well, Mr. Lucas is a human being too, so that might be the case. However, since trust has been destroyed, it will be difficult to collect the Seven Deadly Sins together in the future. Guess I’ll have to assemble it myself now. Enough then.”
“…Sang-woo, you’re really going to end it like this…”
After he finished speaking, Sang-woo opened the subspace without waiting for Lucas’ answer and sent back the alter ego he was talking to with Lucas.
Sang-woo, who finished connecting with his alter ego, lay down on the bed and was lost in thought.
‘As expected, there is no one I can trust in the world. By the way, Lucas is stronger than me?’
Of course, he never thought that he would lose to Lucas.
No matter what power he hides.
However, it is dangerous for him to fight with a strong man with wealth, power, and honor like Lucas.
That’s why I just withdrew from the line of organizing the relationship.
‘If you really stick to it once, you’ll be able to step on it. Oh, my fist is crying.’
Sang-woo beat Lucas in his imagination.
Just then, a phone call came through his smart goggles.
– Restrictions on caller ID
It was an unknown caller.
‘Who is it? Is it spam?’
Originally, Sang-woo did not have a number or did not receive strange numbers.
So, he was about to ignore it and turn it off, but he suddenly changed his mind and connected the phone due to an unknown premonition.
“hello?”
-…Jung Sang-woo?
Then a familiar voice is heard.
But the language was English.
Sang-woo asked while looking at the interpretation of the translator that appeared on the smart goggles.
“yes. you’re right. Who are you?”
It was a voice I heard somewhere, but I couldn’t remember it, so Sang-woo asked again.
-hello. Mr. Sang Woo. This is Ashley.
“Ashley… Huh? Ashley? An Oracle?”
The woman Lucas had just been communicating with was the Oracle.
-yes. that’s right.
“Ah, somehow the voice sounded familiar. It must have been Ashley. Nice to meet you. But for what?”
Along with the question, a question rose in Sang-woo’s mind.
‘I didn’t even give you my phone number, so how did you know and call me? But what happened to me?’
And Ashley answered the question right away.
– I contacted you because I have something to tell you. I figured out the phone number on my own.
“Ah… yes. understand. But what are you going to say? Please speak.”
– I’ll tell you directly. Lucas… don’t hang out with that son of a bitch.
Sang-woo thought that was a little funny.
‘This isn’t some kind of elementary school, don’t go to school with anyone… Kkeuk.’
Sang-woo asked again while holding back a slight laugh.
“Why? I want to know why.”
As if Ashley had been waiting for those words, the words poured out one after another.
-Because Lucas is a dog. You are being deceived. If you find out what that bastard did… You’re not going to like Lucas. No, you will definitely hate it. Because he is a crazy person who will do anything for his own goals, especially for the ‘system’.
“A system?”
A question came to Sang-woo.
“What did Lucas do with the system?”
-Look at the guy’s moves. What kind of business did he build Enlighten Group?
At those words, Sang-woo remembered the path of the Enlighten Group.
“Of course, I am doing the guild business, and I only know about the hunter equipment business and the new material business.”
– Other than that, you have something to do with the government. It’s the ‘Awakening Program’.
“Oh, that’s right. awakening program. I woke up with that too.”
Only then did Sang-woo realize what Ashley was trying to say.
But it only added to his doubts.
“But why? Wouldn’t it be nice to have an awakening program? You use the portal to safely awaken everyone in the world.”
Yes.
After the cataclysm, Awoken were born intermittently among people.
It was pure luck, but a person who was fine suddenly woke up one day and did it.
Scholars speculated that this was due to the influx of a large amount of mana through the portal connected to the cataclysm and awakening.
However, except for that few, most people had no choice but to live as normal human beings as non-awakened people.
But what?
One day, it became known that you can awaken when you pass through a certain portal.
And the ‘awakening program’ that was planned and implemented as soon as that information was released.
The first attempt by the Enlighten Group was to set up a safe zone beyond the portal to safely awaken people.
“Aren’t there side effects from going through the portal?”
“that’s right. They say there is an extraterrestrial virus.”
“How strong is that safe zone? Doesn’t it just collapse when a monster breaks it?”
Most people initially had Gingaminga.
It was difficult to believe in the safety of the Awakening Program because it had already undergone a cataclysm and the fear of monsters was widespread.
“How are you? I’m dying to suck the butthole of Awoken people as a non-Awakened. Even if I die, I will wake up and die.”
“that’s right. Isn’t that just a room in life? Short and thick Gazua~”
But there are courageous pioneers everywhere in the world.
Thanks to the challenge of a few courageous people, the true value of the Awakening Program started to spread through word of mouth.
“No side effects!”
“Rather, a special ability called ‘system’ is added than normal awakened people!”
“The system is an attractive ability that allows you to see your ability objectively like a game!”
“Awakening as a system user makes it easier to acquire abilities!”
They were safely awakened through an awakening program and later became active as government agents as hunters.
As their performances became known, people gradually sought awakening programs, and now they have become essential programs.
‘Because I also participated in the awakening program last year and awakened.’
The power of the awakening program that awakened even Sang-woo, who had not awakened at the age of 21.
And after that, Sang-woo’s life changed completely.
From an ugly pig to a hearty muscular man.
From a corner game junkie to an A-class hunter.
‘It’s a very good program. Looking at things like this, it seems like Lucas is a real genius.’
Rather, it was because of this that Sang-woo viewed Lucas favorably.
But I guess it wasn’t Ashley.
-I think Sang-woo thinks so too. But even if you know this ‘truth’, can you be sure that Lucas is a good person?
Ashley suddenly brings up the truth.
Sang-woo asked.
“What is the truth?”
At that, Ashley sighed and opened her mouth.
It was a very serious tone.
-The truth is… Lucas is a regressor.
< Disbelief (1) >
