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Chapter 17 - The Practice (2) (1/2)

SSS-Class Summoner Qingming 44350K 2022-07-22

The Practice (2)

The hall on the ground floor was quite spacious. It was open for 24 hours a day exclusively for them.

Ghost went into the open staff hallway, behind the desk, and picked up a square piece of cake, throwing it into his mouth.

“If you still can’t figure it out, it’s likely to be a new monster. Be careful and take care of the newcomers.”

“Of course.”

He said to Lee Soo-yeon before they got off the elevator on the 5th floor.

The party was divided into the 5th and 17th floors.

After arriving on the 17th floor, Il-Hyun and Ghost opened the door and went out into the hallway.

“There it is.”

The gate was in the middle of the hallway, incomparable to the gate Il-Hyun had seen before.

Ghost dragged two chairs into the room and sat down in front of the gate.

Waiting for the monster to come out from the ominous gate’s entrance, Il-Hyun was quite tense.

While he sat on the chair and waited, he heard stories from the industry’s high ranker. It was about how Aegis worked hard, and how other companies operated.

No matter how interested he was in the past, there was quite a lot of information that the general public could not understand. And it was genuine since the story came from an experienced veteran who ran the field.

Ghost lifted the mouth of the mask and bit a cigarette.

The mask was quite uncomfortable for him.

“Do you smoke?”

“Yes, but I gave it up.”

“You’re an Awakened. Just do whatever you want.”

Awakened people smoked freely, and didn’t care about how many cigarettes smoked. The Awakened also consumed very large quantities of alcohol. However, it wasn’t just concern for his health that made Il-Hyun quit.

“I just hate being tied to something.”

“Aha.”

Ghost, nodding his head lit a cigarette.

The smoke puffed with a shimmering sound.

“Honestly, I didn’t even smoke until I started this job. You might think the same way when you look outside.”

“Outside?”

“It’s a foreign story. Maybe it’s better to see it for yourself.”

Ghost spat out the smoke.

He has heard that if one side was foreign, the gate’s damage would be greater than that of Korea.

Korea had an unusually large number of awakened people, and it was inevitable that the institution was well prepared.

However, as the number of internationally active companies and awakened people increased, it was said that the damage caused by the deaths of many people abroad significantly reduced.

Il-Hyun was wondering what Ghost was talking about, but he knew Ghost wasn’t likely to tell him in this situation.

“But won’t you tell me your real name?”

“I don’t know the team leaders. I can’t tell anyone who came in yesterday.”

“You don’t know the team leader? Is that possible?”

Il-Hyun asked in amazement.

As far as he knew, it has been several years since Ghost entered Team A.

It was hard to believe that after all this time, he didn’t know his real name or his true identity.

“Hahaha! I don’t care about what you do in your private life.”

Even after seeing him smile, Il-Hyun still had a hard time believing him.

Then Ghost smiled and said,

“Everything here is thoroughly business. It’s a place where the best human beings come together. The people who support the signboards at large companies are also the youngest members of the team here, so they don’t touch each other’s egos as much as possible. There is less hierarchy. Some distance.”

Ghost shook his head once and spoke.

“I honestly don’t like that, but Team A is satisfied. The atmosphere is good, and the people are not bad, either. I like how the team leader manages things, and Tae-Sik, who was on vacation a while ago, is also well suited for the task.”

He was surprised as he quietly listened because all of the names he called were the ones he’d heard of at least once.

“Don’t go to Team E even if you’re going to move teams later. It’s really not the right atmosphere. At least that’s how I feel.”

Then, the gate shook with a bizarre noise.

The two Awakens reflexively rose from their chairs and drew their swords.

A monster with horns on its forehead ran out on all fours.

It had rough eyes, sharp teeth, and a nasty appearance that seemed to be a rough blend of humans and monsters.

However, the problem was that monsters of other species also appeared at the gate.

“There! I think the analysis team was wrong!”

“What? What is it?”

Ghost put his left hand across his ear and mouthed through a transceiver.

Unlike the other monsters, two appeared with blue skin and several tentacles on their backs.

Two B-rank Ace Monsters appeared there, contrary to the predictions.

The monsters cried fiercely, and the tentacles approaching at a tremendous speed pierced Ghost’s neck.

Il-Hyun was so startled, but he sighed with relief after he watched him turn his head.

The attack had passed through the invisible ghost painting.

“Damn it! I’ll take care of these two, so take care of the gate.”

Ghost escaped from the attack’s trajectory, smashed the floor with a sword, and fell to the third floor with two B-rank monsters.

On the 17th floor, there were only open floors, gates, and Il-Hyun.

There was the sound of fighting downstairs.

“Whose turn?”

Il-Hyun raised his sword with many monsters standing in front of him, staring at him.

D-ranked monsters were not at a level that could be prevented by Special Forces around the barricades.

They had to be stopped from leaving.

In practice, unpredictable situations often broke out.

“After work, I have to eat the core or heart.”

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