Chapter 48 (1/2)

Gwon Jang-hyuk and other gangsters started to run away. They even didn’t look back. Their commanding presences were nowhere to be seen. Like old times, they were still weak to strong, strong to weak.

“Those bastards still did not break their bad habit,” Su-hyeun thought.

He almost forgot of them but felt pathetic because they still lived the same. He would like to break a leg or arm to teach them some lessons. But if he did, they would probably be caught up and die in the upcoming incident.

“I guess I will take care of them later when I have time.”

The firecracker, actually the Flame that Su-hyeun set off, was enough to attract people’s attention. Some might have thought it was a fireworks display, but as they had already been warned of terrorism, that would be their first thought.

Whoosh, whoosh—

“Ok. Let’s go,” Su-hyeun said to himself.

Su-hyeun stamped his feet and flew high. He headed to Beomgye, the downtown area, where most people gathered at this time. Of course, he did not forget to shoot firecrackers on his way.

Boom, boom, boom—!

The sound like thunder rang out loudly. A lot of people were confused, and they began to run.

A terror. By that word alone, people left their homes and started to flee. But they could not see where the explosion happened. All the explosions were happening in the sky, not on the ground.

“…Did you say there is a terror?”

The director, who had heard the news, jumped up. Kim Do-ui, an A-rank awakener, who belonged to the country, nodded his head and delivered the news.

“Yes, sir. An explosion occurred in Pyeongchon, the most populated area of Anyang City. As we heard, there are signs of terrorism, and people are evacuating.”

“Holy sh*t… What the hell is going on?” the director mumbled.

Today was January 31st. Terrorism was not planned. Even if Lee Ju-ho’s information was true, there should be no terror by the Dump Guild.

“But the terror began? How this can be happening?” the director thought.

“I don’t know exactly… But it looks like the act of one person,” Kim Do-ui said.

“One person?”

The director, who looked puzzled, soon crumpled his face. He soon muttered in a confident voice, “Kim Su-hyeun.”

“Sir?”

“He is Kim Su-hyeun. It is that guy!” the director shouted.

It was a play pretending to be a terror. Kim Su-hyeun was now pretending to be a terrorist to evacuate people.

“Do you think Kim Su-hyeun showed up?” Kim Do-ui asked.

Kim Su-hyeun was a person who had never revealed himself before. His name was famous but other information, including his face, was not revealed. He had been hiding in the shade thoroughly, but for some reason, he appeared to save people for the first time. And he appeared as a terrorist.

“Kim Su-hyeun is not important right now! The important thing is he is in a riot right now!” the director said angrily.

“But there is no loss of lives…”

“I don’t care!” he cut Kim Do-ui’s word.

Bang—

The director slammed his desk and Kim Do-ui closed his mouth. He knew well if he said something right at the moment, he would just lose favor in the director’s eyes.

“A Dungeon Outbreak? The devastation of Anyang City? That’s nonsense. Before it turns out to be true, he is just a freaking terrorist. Do you understand?”

“Yes, sir. I know,” Kim Do-ui answered.

“Then what are you doing? Go get him! No, you don’t have to get him. Just kill him!” the director shouted again.

That was too much. That was too much treatment.

“He lost his block,” Kim Do-ui closed his eyes and thought, “Should I have to do that far? If the terrorist who appeared in Anyang City is Kim Su-hyeun and his information is all true… he should be called a hero. Even if it was not true, it would be the same. What he is doing right now is hard to see as a terrorist attack. There was no damage to life or any property. It’s just an evacuation of people in case of a natural disaster. Can that be considered terrorism? It might look like a terror to the people who have no idea…”

“Yes, sir.” Kim Do-ui said to the director. At least in his eyes, it seemed not to be terror.

Click—

Kim Do-ui bowed to the director and left the room. The director picked up the phone and called somewhere.

“Yes. It’s me. Do we have any men left?”

Boom, boooom—!

Whoosh—

The fire burned the building. People screamed and ran away. Su-hyeun, who stood in the middle of the city and watched it, scratched his head.

“I can’t feel familiar with this…” he mumbled.

He felt weird acting like a villain in a ridiculous mask and afflicting citizens. It felt like he was a member of the Dump Guild.

“I guess the Dump Guild will get angry about this.”

The Dump Guild was a group of murderers. It was a secret society, hiding underground. It had connections with some of the big guilds, but it still didn’t want to be mentioned. But Su-hyeun took its name and drew it to the surface. He even pretended to be a member of the Dump Guild and caused terrorism.

Whoosh—

The fire in the building disappeared. The fire from the Flame skill did not even blacken the building. As the level and his proficiency increased, Su-hyeun could selectively burn the stuff he wanted. He did not have to waste his magic burning all those buildings. Of course, those who did not know, ran away to avoid the fire that Su-hyeun created.

“I suppose there is no one around here anymore,” he thought.

Starting from Beomgye, Pyeongchon area was almost empty. News that the terror began had spread to other parts of Anyang, and people started to evacuate from there as well. Although there was only one terrorist, Su-hyeun was a high-ranked awakener. And since he had warned there would be a terror by a group named Dump Guild, his actions looked like the acts of an organization, not one person.

“It’s now 8:00 p.m.”