Episode 401:
Night Walker Headquarters Facility Management Room.
A place that manages various energies, such as power and mana, that operate not only in the training room but also in the entire guild building.
As Yoo Ah-young’s reputation grew, Night Walker’s size also grew, so there were close to 100 people shaking in the facility management room alone, checking all kinds of energy levels.
And among the many training rooms, there is a special training room created just for Yoo Ah-young.
The man in charge of the place was checking the numbers while constantly expressing his admiration.
Next to him, there was another man with his back turned and concentrating on the battle on the screen.
It was Jeong Han-su, the vice guild leader of the Night Walkers.
“Vice-guild leader. “Our guild leader is really strong, isn’t he?”
Everyone knows that she is the best player in New Korea, but not everyone has seen her skills with their own eyes.
The man was constantly expressing his admiration for Yoo Ah-young, whom he saw for the first time after being appointed as the manager of the special training room.
Even though Jeong Han-soo was struggling, other employees were already glancing at the screen to watch Yoo Ah-young’s training.
The man’s shoulders were lifted up in pride, as if I had received attention.
At the same time, he once again praised Jeong Han-soo for Yoo Ah-young’s skills and magical power.
Jeong Han-soo nodded lightly without answering.
It was an unspoken affirmation that I knew without having to say anything.
just.
“You can’t be defeated even against a real dragon.”
I just laugh and mutter.
As the man continued talking to him, Jeong Han-soo recalled his conversation with Yoo Ah-young a little while ago.
They just asked me to sign some documents.
She ran out of the guild leader’s office and came here, saying she needed to relieve her stress after a long time.
Currently, after being released to S rank, I was immediately promoted to SSS rank.
‘It seems like he’s becoming more and more like Kim Tae-hyun.’
I thought of Taehyun, who disappeared three years ago along with a legendary item.
It was an incident that shook the entire New Korea, and Night Walker searched all over the world.
If I had been able to go to the Abyss, I would have searched the deepest level, even if it was too much trouble.
It was from then on.
The reason Ayoung focused on training as if she was being chased by something.
It started to get stronger suddenly.
‘But I’m overdoing it this time.’
Even if it’s a hologram.
A difficulty setting of SSS level can cause even S-level players to die.
Moreover, even if the SSS grade was not all SSS grade, it was the same.
Among the known monsters, the dragon race is the most difficult to deal with, along with the demon race.
Are you going to attack that monster’s hologram by yourself?
It’s not that he doesn’t trust her as one of the world’s leading national power players, but Jeong Han-soo is worried about the possibility of an injury.
But now I was realizing with my own eyes that all those worries were useless.
I focused on Yoo Ah-young’s movements on the screen.
Pazzu ie.
Pow. pop.
Even though the blue dragon’s thunderous energy was pressing on my whole body.
Yoo Ah-young endured his spirit and was using it against the dragon.
Surprisingly, the dragon’s hard scales were bursting open.
At that time, Yoo Ah-young’s gaze met Jeong Han-soo beyond the screen.
Her voice rang out through the speakers installed on the screen.
[Deputy guild leader. I know you are watching, so please allow me to lift the limit.]
“….”
“…Vice-guild leader. If this continues, I might even catch my breath.”
The guild member in charge of the facility asked with an expression asking for permission.
No matter how real it is, the monster on the screen is ultimately a hologram made of magical power.
It is natural that a lot of magical power is used to create a realistic appearance.
In particular, if Breath was to be implemented on a scale similar to the real thing, even a special training room could not be free of damage.
‘The repair cost alone will run into billions.’
Jeong Han-soo sighed.
Although it is not a small amount.
It was cheap for Yoo Ah-young, who usually experiences stress for various reasons, to relieve her stress.
Of course, from his point of view as he is also a financial advisor to Night Walker, it would be great if that amount of money could be used for other purposes.
Jeong Han-soo nodded once again.
It doesn’t matter if the special training room is completely destroyed, so the magic power currently used in the training room can be used up to the limit.
gulp.
The employee adjusted the numbers with a solemn expression.
Ugh. Ugh. Right
after that, the momentum the dragon was giving off changed.
Night Walker absorbed most of the available magical power in the training room and gained a life-like presence.
Hehehehe.
I even had the illusion that the building was shaking from that overwhelming spirit.
I checked the screen.
It feels like I’ve finally met the right person.
Yoo Ah-young was smiling.
Then something huge hit her.
It’s so fast that even high-speed cameras can’t capture it properly.
It was only after another camera caught Yoo Ah-young pinned against the wall of the training room that he realized that what had been struck was the dragon’s paw.
“He took his time!!”
Jeong Han-su shouted without realizing it and looked at Yoo Ah-young’s body reflected on the screen.
Fortunately, since his body was being strengthened with magical power, no major wounds were visible.
However, the magic power surrounding the body was shaking unstably.
Even for him, who has stepped down from his position as a manager, it can be said to be a crisis situation.
Yoo Ah-young was still smiling.
More brightly.
As if this is all you need to be able to make yourself happy.
Hehehehe.
Buildings in the area began to vibrate again.
It was not because of the spirit radiating from the embodied dragon, nor because of the breath gathering in its vicious maw.
‘No way…’
Suddenly, purple magical power was blooming from Yoo Ah-young’s body.
Both eyes were red and there was madness in the curled mouth.
It was as if time had stopped for a moment.
The facility management room was filled with silence, and the eyes of the gathered guild members were all turned to the screen.
The first to come to his senses was Jeong Han-soo, who had witnessed this power before.
“What are they doing!! Check the barrier level!!”
“Yes, yes!!”
“The barrier wall is in good condition!!”
“There is no problem with the magic barrier!!”
“There is nothing wrong with the building’s own magic dispersion system!!”
“It stopped at 300,000 hologram horsepower.”
Even if the breath takes direct hits in various places, there is no problem in the headquarters building.
Experts in the industry shouted loudly.
But their answers are meaningless.
Tsuzzzzzzzzzz.
Two purple tentacles sprouted from Yoo Ah-young’s back.
Grumbling. Grumble.
The tentacles wriggled and crawled on the floor.
It was at the same time that the breath was fired.
Kwaaaa!!
Pazzu that is!!
The magic power of the thunderbolt is so dazzling.
It was so loud that people watching on the screen had to turn their heads.
Only Jeong Han-su concentrated his magic in his eyes and watched what was happening.
A fleeting moment.
One tentacle created by Yoo Ah-young spread wide like a huge shield.
In the meantime, another tentacle pierced the dragon’s scales and pierced its neck.
Knock… Knock….
The image of the dragon, whose throat had been pierced and squeaking, gradually dispersed.
In a single blow, an SSS grade monster was destroyed.
As she calmed down the purple magic, she confirmed that she had not received any shock.
“You have become a real monster.”
Jeong Han-soo muttered quietly.
* * *
“Did you relieve your stress well?”
“Huh~ Even with Alchemist’s vaunted technical skills, dragons are limited. “I’d rather just open the gate again.”
“Don’t be scary. “If anyone hears it, they’ll call you crazy.”
“Oh, I feel strange~?”
“It’s my mood. “If you’ve finished playing, you have to work now.”
Seeing the guild leader’s glaring glare, Jeong Han-soo quickly changed the subject.
Yoo Ah-young frowned at the word work.
It felt like the stress I had released after a long time of releasing my strength was being relieved again.
Jeong Han-soo sighed.
“Ha…. Guild leader. I know you’re itching these days, but everyone else is doing it too. If you look at his behavior these days, he’s no different from Onsaemiro’s guild leader Kwon Kang-hyuk. “From what I heard, it’s more about personal training than guild management…”
Yoo Ah-young quickly cut it off, fearing that the nagging would continue.
“Okay, I’m going to take a shower, so put the documents down.”
Leaving behind Jeong Han-soo’s distrustful gaze, she headed to the shower room.
Ayoung looked at her body reflected in the mirror.
A clean body without a single scar caught my eye, befitting the description of him as a top active player.
That’s because at some point, he developed super-fast regeneration ability and acquired the best healing ability.
Is that all?
Although he was in his mid-30s, his appearance was getting younger and younger, to the point where you could believe he was in his early 20s.
It was the effect of a transformation-like change as the awakening level grew to SSS.
“Kim Tae-hyun.”
She quietly recited a name that had been forgotten in people’s memories.
He was ranked #1 in the world and was used to working alone.
I hunted demons alone and wandered the deepest part of the Abyss alone.
Ji Jin-hee, who was the president of the association at the time, gave permission, so there was no problem.
But 3 years ago.
Taehyun last disappeared from sight in an SSS-rated unexplored dungeon in Brazil.
It was not long after that.
The gate to the Abyss closed and gate breaks no longer occurred.
The number of S-class and SS-class awakeners has increased noticeably.
The players’ power became stronger, but an ironic situation was created where the entrance to the Abyss they were supposed to explore was blocked.
The players wanted to test their strength, and the arrows were aimed at the dungeons and demons that had already been formed.
For three years, there was a large-scale dungeon raid and hunting boom.
Thanks to this, all of the dungeons were conquered except for three, and the demons were dried up.
Peace seemed to have come.
This would certainly have happened if the countries that had reorganized their military forces had not revealed new ambitions.
Fortunately.
At a time when the wave of a new era was rushing in, the New Korea Players Association was fully prepared.
Under Ji Jin-hee’s leadership, the P20, a union of associations of weak countries, was formed.
In just three years, the P20 grew in size to become the ‘P50’ with 50 countries participating.
Together with the ‘World Players Association’, centered on the United States, the ‘Federation of China’ centered on China and Africa, and the ‘European Union’, which is made up of 30 European countries, they kept each other in check as the world’s four major organizations.
New Korea, which was watching Japan and China only four years ago, is now competing as the central country in the world’s four major organizations.
Of course, the work of Night Walker, one of the pillars of the new Korea, has increased.
“Vice-guild leader… “I don’t think I’ve been working too much these days.”
After returning from the shower, Ayoung clicked her tongue as she looked at the pile of documents on her desk.
Recently, due to the increased workload, I was worried about resigning from my position as Night Walker guild leader.
Nevertheless, there were many reasons why he still maintained his position, but the biggest reason was that there was no organization as active as the Night Walkers in finding the whereabouts of missing men.
Of course, if the gate to the Abyss opens one day, I plan to hand over the guild leader position to Jeong Han-soo and leave without any regrets.
Until then, I had planned to somehow remain here and do my part.
“This sister is so worried… she’s not really dead, right?”
Ignoring the documents that Jeong Han-su had shoved away, A-young took out the liquor she had put away and took a sip.
The media seemed to be confirming that Taehyun died at the deepest level along with Cody Cruz, who disappeared around the same time.
Only a few players who have teamed up with Taehyun, including Ji Jin-hee, deny that fact.
“There’s no way that monster-like guy could have been killed by monsters or something.”
Unlike himself, who is imperfect, isn’t he a human who completely controls the power of the Archduke?
I think I drank three sips.
Suddenly, the door to the guild leader’s room burst open.
“Guild leader, we’re in big trouble. There’s a big gate in China….”
“….”
“What are you doing?”
Jeong Han-soo’s cold gaze.
Yoo Ah-young quietly hid the bottle of liquor behind her.
