53 Episode 53 - Gwangmyeong City, Part III (1/2)

Chapter 19. Gwangmyeong City, Part III

Translator: Khan

Editor: RED

6.

Snap!

The pitch-black darkness with not even a single ray of light brightened after a long time.

Kim Tae-hoon, who held the light in his hand, shined it ahead of him.

It was as it was. When he released it from his hand, it started to move by itself.

With his light in the air, he brought out another flashlight again. He began to walk along the dark subway tracks with two lights shining as co-workers.

The first thing that greeted him was a corpse. There were several bodies that had been squashed, not just one.

He could see five corpses right now. They were pretty ugly.

'I think they were struck by a blunt weapon.'

Their wound looked as if they had been hit by a blunt weapon, but it was as terrible as a bomb. The struck area was blown apart. The heads were smashed, to the extent that it was difficult to find pieces, and those who were attacked in the belly were torn apart.

'This power is beyond the bounds of common sense.'

It was like being hit by a lump of metal moving hundreds of kilometers per hour. Such bodies had something in common besides wounds.

'Rather, the suit is-'

All of them were dressed in black.

'A counterterrorism suit.'

It was quite a familiar suit for Kim.

It was not a uniform worn by certain troops. but a counterterrorism suit, which was used in the counterterrorism operations, and Kim had worn it several times. Of course, he knew the purpose of making that suit.

'Their aim was to hunt the monster secretly, too.'

Black was the color for secret activities in the dark. The purpose of such clothes was to avoid the attention of the public. In addition, costumes such as counterterrorism suits are not based on the assumption of monsters. It's a product of putting humans as enemies.

Of course, there were a few differences from the counterterrorism suit Kim knew.

Tap! Tap!

Kim tapped the chest of the dead body. He could feel the hard material hidden between the cloth.

'They didn't wear it outside but put it between the clothes. They sewed it in.'

Sewing.

They remade the clothes. It was a step further than simply using armor.

The next thing he looked for was the back of their right hands. As soon as he took off their gloves, the marks of Awakeners were revealed, as expected.

Kim's eyes turned black.

[Basic Abilities]

- Strength: 71

- Health: 49

[Special Abilities]

- Energy: D- Rank

- Mana: E Rank

- Defense: D- Rank

- Mana Resistance: E Rank

[Achieved Abilities]

- Hobgoblin's Sense (Grade 6)

- The Vitality of Troll (Grade 6)

Kim frowned with his black-dyed Eyes.

'Their abilities are higher than I thought.'

Immediately, he also checked the back of the right hand of the other bodies.

He was also an Awakener, and his abilities were not much different from the body he had just identified. Both of them had acquired the [Hobgoblin's Sense] and [Vitality of Troll].

When the third body was found to have similar abilities as the previous two, Kim had no choice but to admit it.

'They are soldiers made in a systemic manner.'

They were not soldiers who hunted monsters and ate monster stones to live, but the ones who were fed monster stones on purpose.

Kim frowned. ”Huh.” 'I even expected this much.'

He had expected it, but he didn't know that there was a group that could create such an Awakener so quickly. At the same time, he was suspicious.

'But that's not enough.'

Certainly, they were well-bred Awakeners. There weren't many in the Mac Guild at this level.

'It's ridiculous to try to hunt a green-grade monster at their level.'

It wasn't enough to hunt a green-grade monster.

'They wouldn't have endured the fear.'

In other words, at this level of Energy, it was not easy to withstand the fear of a yellow-grade monster, let alone a green-grade monster.

Nevertheless, it was hard to understand that they entered the subway station without hesitation, even if they knew a green-grade monster was within. With common sense, if there had been a monster in the dark-filled subway station, which had only a limited number of places to run away, it would have been an extremely dangerous place.

They should never come in unless they had something to believe in.

'… they must have had a good relic.'

Relic.

It is now the most reliable thing in the world.

Kim immediately began searching inside the jacket of the body. First, he found a Smartphone. Crushed flat, it definitely did not work.

'Hanji?' The next discovery was none other than the finely folded Hanji, which was the traditional Korean paper handmade from mulberry trees. He opened the Hanji.

'It's a rubbing from a tombstone.'

It was a rubbing made of Korean paper after smearing a huge tombstone. It wasn't old. The Hanji was stiff, and the smell of ink still remained.

Above all, Kim's Eyes, which were still black, were soon able to identify the rubbing.

==[The Rubbing of Sunsubi]

- Relic Grade: Grade 5

- Relic Value: Normal

- Relic Effect: It contains some dignity of King Jinheung. It can make weak monsters tremble with fear.]==

The Rubbing of Sunsubi of King Jinheung of Silla!

'They're from Seoul.'

The Rubbing of Sunsubi of King Jinheung was located in the National Museum of Korea. Having the Rubbing of Sunsubi of King Jinheung meant they were from Seoul.

As expected, there were already forces that had taken the relics of the National Museum of Korea. It was not very pleasant news. Kim briefly clicked his tongue.

'If a rubbing alone has the effect of scaring monsters, then the tombstone itself…'

On the other hand, he could indirectly learn the effect of the Rubbing of Sunsubi of King Jinheung.

King Jinheung was one of the greatest war kings in Silla. He was the monarch who fought wars of conquest many times!

Naturally, the tombstone that his achievements were engraved on would surely have the power to match the dignity and nature of King Jinheung.

It was understandable enough to scare the monsters. In fact, the rubbing was this strong, so the Sunsubi of King Jinheung would play a role as an invisible barrier to block monsters' access.

Kim, of course, took the rubbing, and thought, 'I wonder what the effect of Gwanggaeto Stele would have.'

The doubts flew from his mind as soon as he found a weapon of one of the bodies.

'Panzerfaust.'

They also had a weapon, a Panzerfaust 3, which Kim had used. But it was different from what Kim had used. At the end of the shell that the man had not yet used, there was a bronze spear instead of a pointed snout.

Kim looked at the bronze spear.

==[The Bronze Spear of a Warrior]

- Relic Grade: Grade 4

- Relic Value: Rare

- Relic Effect: It is a bronze spear used by an ancient warrior. It contains the fighting spirit of a warrior.]==

It was also a relic. It was not a mere relic, but a relic of the Bronze Age written in the textbook. The relic was put in front of the shell.

If it were normal times, it would be crazy. A Panzerfaust had the gunpowder of the shaped charge warhead. A relic which was put this way in front of a warhead would be destroyed with the monster.

When he saw it now, he got chills down his back.

'If the power of the shell and the relic are combined…'

Combining a relic with modern weapons in this way was not simply a matter of thinking. Anyone can think.

But a relic is a treasure that could not be replaced by anything at this point, and it was not something you could practice, using it as consumable.

If you do, you will have to complete the minimum verification, because you could not afford to consume the relic in situations where the effects are not verified.

No, before now, this weapon had already proved its worth.

'The monster was killed by this.'

As a result, this weapon would have dealt a fatal blow to a green-grade monster. The fatal wound would have caused it to suffer, and it eventually died three days ago.

'The penetration power of a Panzerfaust also worked on a yellow-grade monster. If the destructive power is added to the relic…'

Of course, luck followed.

'The combined weapon would have hurt it. However, they were lucky to give it a fatal injury.'

Luck, however, follows those who try, and luck does not follow those who do not try. In other words, the green-grade monster killed by this weapon was unlucky.

Kim rose from his seat. 'I'll have to check it more thoroughly.'

It was time to find the unlucky monster.

7.

It was around dawn when Kim returned from his search in Gwangmyeong City, which was not short.

At the calmest time, when most people were asleep, Kim returned to the mayor's office in Bucheon City Hall, where Jang Sung-hoon greeted him with sleepy eyes.

”Do you have any profit?”

Before answering the question, Kim took out a smartphone and handed a photo file to Jang, who blinked his eyes to get rid of sleep.

[Basic Abilities]

- Strength: 215