Chapter 32 - Joint Operation (5) (2/2)

Aegis’ Joo Hye-jin is a rare Awakener.

Companies and governments around the world tried to recruit her, but the fact that she’s still with Aegis says a lot about how much other groups can offer.

No one could match Aegis.

“There are more monsters…” she murmured.

“Are they Creeps? Probably not worth it. I don’t know if we have enough spears,” Lee Jeong-hyeop muttered as he glanced over their weapons.

Normally, they only carry a few, but it was different this time because it was a B0-ranked gate.

“By the way,” he continued. “There was an Awakener near the targets earlier? If it was a team leader, the monsters would have already been gone before we threw the spears. Is it Team A’s Ghost?”

“No… it’s a different energy. Maybe it is the new Team A member. Kang Il-hyun, if I remember correctly?”

“Ah, the rookie everyone was talking about,” Lee Jeong-hyeop said quietly as he picked up a spear.

“What’s your impression?” he continued, curious. “Do you feel anything special?”

The news about team leader Lee Soo-yeon’s decision caused a lot of interest to him.

“Well…” she said in her quiet voice. “He only awakened three months ago, but he’s already on Team A, so he must be fairly strong. I don’t know otherwise. I can’t feel anything special.”

Lee Jeong-hyeop looked at her eyes.

If the rookie had something extraordinary, it should have been caught by Joo Hye-jin.

Because she didn’t catch anything, he must not be something worth the attention.

“Hmm…” he sighed.

“Let’s get to work.”

* * *

Thud!

The black Craig crashed helplessly after being slashed by the AT sword.

“Finally! That was hard,” Il-hyun, who killed the Craig, breathlessly sat down on the ground.

How many have I faced today? He was covered in sweat.

Ghost fell beside him, also panting with exhaustion.

“It was really hard today, arghh,” Ghost complained as he stretched his legs.

“But at least, it’s all over now,” Il-hyun said with a smile.

The monster that lies before them was the last.

The other corpses on the site are being sorted and processed.

Ghost placed a cigarette on his mouth.

However, the moment he lifted his lighter, a pebble flew exactly at his cigarette, then there was a little explosion.

The cigarette end was lighted.

“Ai, you shocked me!” he cried out.

“Is it all over?” Sarah smiled as she approached them.

She was walking leisurely.

“You almost killed me!” Ghost yelled at her.

“Haha, you’re overreacting!” she yelled back.

Suddenly, a voice came through their communicators.

-The situation is over. Everyone, gather at my location right now.

It was Lee Soo-yeon’s voice. It seemed that she contacted the entire channel as it came through Sarah’s communicator as well.

The three looked at each other for a moment and hurriedly moved.

They arrived at Lee Soo-yeon, a short distance away.

It seemed they were the first to arrive, and no other team members were visible.

Lee Soo-yeon, who noticed Il-hyun, pointed at the man he caught.

“This is him, right?”

“Ah yes. Yes,” Il-hyun replied as he recognized the man.

The scavenger was still held and bound tightly.

He reported the incident to Lee Soo-yeon before he went to his designated location.

“What’s wrong?” he asked, as Lee Soo-yeon looked serious.

“When I heard your report, I thought it was a simple scavenger… the situation is worse than I thought.”

As Lee Soo-yeon replied, she held out her palm.

There was an unidentifiable object that could barely fill her small hand.

She explained to the group in a grave voice.

“This guy brought this disturbance device.”