Chapter 53 - Staggered (2) (1/2)
Staggered (2)
It was a transparent force-field that formed in Korea.
The high-grade gate reaction that coincided with it was displayed in the Aegis’ analysis room.
“What happened?” Asked Lee Soo-Yeon, who came in a hurry to open the door.
Shin Jae-ha, the vice-chairman of the analysis team who reported and received data on the table, embarrassingly looked at her.
“It’s unusual for an A4-class gate to appear in the station without prior knowledge. The film was exactly formed right after the gate was created. Anyway, the citizens inside are imprisoned.”
“Then, let’s forcibly enter—”
“No. First of all, there shouldn’t be any forced entry. I’m analyzing it, but I’m wondering what will happen if we enter forcefully. The government’s people are on their way… but to be honest, I don’t like relying on them.”
“Sigh……”, Lee Soo-Yeon sighed as she scratched at her greasy head.
In the past 20 years, this has never been the case.
When a gate was created, there was enough time to run as fast as possible, but when space was blocked like this, no help would come.
“Do you want to do something from the inside? What’s the power of the Awakeners inside?”
“Only four B-ranked Awakened people can respond. It’s not Seoul, it’s Gyeonggi-do, so there are very few Awakened people, and most of them are already preoccupied.”
Shin Jae-ha gave her four documents.
It was a list of high-ranking Awakeners above B rank who’re currently inside the border.
Two Awakened government response teams are already on their way.
The leader was an experienced Awakener who had worked with Lee Soo-Yeon several times in the field.
However, she frowned when she turned the previous two pages.
“This……?”
“Yeah, the two are trapped inside.”
Kang Il-Hyun and Lee Tae-hee.
Fortunately or unfortunately, the two of them are the most promising in Aegis.
Both of them stopped by their parents’ house first and then seemed to be in the same location.
“Damn, what kind of guy is the Ace monster that appeared?”
“It’s a Chaser. Remember that white guy?”
“Of course, I remember. I didn’t know that well back then. It died once, and then it died again halfway. Is it that type of guy?”
When he hit the keyboard, a picture of the monster inside the station appeared on the screen.
Lee Soo-Yeon saw the face of a humanoid monster with a white, slender body with three shiny red eyes.
The place where the guy appeared was ruined all over, and it was filled with dead people’s bodies.
Chaser.
It didn’t appear that often, but Chaser was a monster that showed itself several times over the past 20 years and left a strong impression.
It was an infamous guy and also Lee Soo-Yeon’s first A-ranked monster debut opponent.
“Yeah, it’s definitely that guy.”
“It’s dangerous, this will be tough…” Lee Soo-Yeon muttered as if she was anxious.
She knew the level of the guy because she had faced the monster herself.
However, there was one strange thing about the Chaser that appeared at this gate.
“But it shouldn’t have the ability to make a shield like that?”
“We also are confused by that…… There’s no way to know right now.”
Lee Soo-Yeon bit her lips impatiently as she stepped out of the room without delay.
“Wait, where are you going?”
“To the scene.”
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“This is a first-class gate disaster. Please move calmly according to the instructions.”
The announcements rang out in every corner of the city, and people were confused and trapped inside a translucent membrane.
When they heard that the gate had opened in the center of the city, the citizens were already running towards the edge.
Il-Hyun went through a large distance as he turned towards the center.
At the same time, he had a portable communicator in his ear, and he was listening to the general situation description from the headquarters.
Suddenly the voice he heard was changed to Lee Soo-Yeon.
— Il-Hyun, can you hear me?
“Manager?”
The communication status was poor, so even though it was interrupted in the middle, it was noticeable at once.
— Yes, I’m coming there too. Have you figured out the rough situation?”
“Yes, I heard about it.”
— As you already know, it’s probably a different dimension from the one you dealt with.
With her words, Il-Hyun swallowed his saliva silently.
As he continued his life as an Awakener, he knew the meaning of an A rank monster.
It was the main enemy of human survival—it was the object to fear.
There have been many Awakeners, but still, several defenses have been breached that caused tremendous damage.
Therefore, the importance of a class A high-ranking Awakeneer who could deal with these was inevitably increased, and all governments were forced.
This was Il-Hyun’s first time facing an A-ranked monster without a team leader, and it would be a lie if he said he wasn’t nervous.
But it wasn’t just for that reason that he felt intense anxiety at the moment.
Damn it… Please.
Il-Hyun looked around impatiently.
His parents’ house was in a confined part of the city.
In this situation, Il-Hyun used his communicator, but all internal communication had been made impossible.
After absorbing the cores of other mutants obtained in the UK last week, the mouse had greatly increased its detection ability, but he was still anxious.
— Are you going to the center? First, go through here before you head there.
With Lee Soo-Yeon’s words, Il-Hyun’s watch responded.
With the hologram’s GPS, detailed coordinates of the location were generated, including other Awakeners, gates, and monsters that appeared.
However, one puzzling point was that the top priority was attached in the wrong place, and it was far from the location of the other Awakeners.
“Isn’t it necessary to start joining right away?”
— Are you going, empty-handed? Fortunately, there are several research institutes affiliated with us. You can get the Ether sword there. It’s temporary, but there’s also a dull defense coat.
“Alas.”
Il-Hyun looked down at himself.
In an inconspicuous outfit, the handheld a shopping bag with gifts and Summoners instead of a sword.
Even though he was able to generate some power without equipment thanks to his superior combat ability, he had to prepare fully because he was dealing with an Ace monster.
— You’ll find a way to open and enter from the outside, but in the worst case, you might have to grab it with your own strength.
“Okay. I manage to do it somehow.”
— Don’t dare to die. There are tens of thousands of lives you need to save.
He clenched his fists firmly while thinking about the people.
Il-Hyun also knew that much.
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