Episode 176.
Dungeon gate covering the sky over Seoul.
It wasn’t one.
Hundreds, thousands.
No, maybe tens of thousands.
An uncountable number of dungeon gates covered the sky above Seoul in black.
“Um, what is that…?”
“What on earth is going on…?”
People stopped and looked up at the sky.
There were no escapees.
“Suddenly a dungeon gate in the sky?”
“How many of those are there?”
People who question incomprehensible phenomena.
“Hey hey! Awesome! Awesome! If I upload a YouTube video, I’ll get a lot of views!”
“Quickly take a picture with the camera!”
People holding cameras to take pictures of the sky.
They were just looking up at the sky, each reacting differently.
In such a chaotic atmosphere.
“Ma, the great invasion of the demon world… .”
A voice was heard muttering.
It was a tiny sound.
However, as if by promise, people’s eyes turned towards the place where the voice had been heard.
The owner of the voice was an old man with wrinkles all over his face.
An old man who appears to be over 80 years old.
Were you picking up waste paper?
The cart was full of all kinds of boxes.
“Oh, oh, the great invasion of the demon world… .”
The old man muttered the same thing again.
The wrinkled eyes looking up at the sky were also wide open in shock.
“Inspiration. What does that mean?”
“A great invasion of the demon world?”
People asked the old man.
Demon world invasion.
It’s not that I didn’t know what those words meant.
In the past, a major event drove humanity to the brink of destruction.
But it wasn’t something that really resonated with me.
Because that was a thing of the past.
Most of those who experienced the Demon World Invasion died of old age.
It is now just a page in history.
People of the present age have only encountered the events of that time through writing.
however.
“Run… You have to run… You have to run away right now…!”
The old man was not like that.
The old man hesitated, took a step back, then turned around and started to walk away.
The pile of boxes that I had painstakingly collected was not even in my sight.
“what…?”
“Why are you like that?”
People only questioned the old man’s actions.
Some quick-witted people slowly left their seats.
But most people just stood still.
Right then.
Kieeeeeeeek─!!!
A creepy roar irritated my eardrums.
It was coming from the sky.
And it wasn’t just one.
Kwaaaa …
Kiyaaaa …
A great number of screams gathered together and spread like thunder throughout Seoul.
“Something… is strange?”
“This is dangerous… isn’t it?”
It was only then that people began to slowly realize the seriousness of the situation.
Only then did the feeling of bewilderment set in.
In the meantime, thud thud thud.
Raindrops began to pour down beneath the Seoul sky, which was like dark clouds.
No, it wasn’t a raindrop.
Kieeeeeeeek─!!!
Kwaaaa …
Monsters whose numbers cannot be counted.
The monsters residing in the Demon World were falling to the ground like a shower.
“More, Dungeon Shock… .”
Dungeon Shock.
A phenomenon in which monsters inside a dungeon jump out of the dungeon.
The phenomenon was happening simultaneously at tens of thousands of gates covering the skies over Seoul.
Gyaaaaaaahh …
A piercing scream erupted.
“What, what is this… what is this!”
“Run, run away!!!”
People started running away in panic.
“Hey, save me! Please save me!”
“Gyaaaaaaah!!”
The hell of Avikihuan.
Kwaaang!
Kwajijijik!
The pouring demons began to indiscriminately destroy the Seoul landscape.
People were caught in the shattered debris and swept away.
“Oh, Mom! Euaaaah!”
“Yena!! No!! Help me! Someone save our Yena!!”
A mother of a child cried out pitifully, but it was meaningless.
Because there was no one who could help against the numerous monsters.
It was just buried.
Kieeeeeeeek─!!!
Kwaaaa …
The roars of ferocious monsters.
“Eww!!”
“Gyaaaaaaah!”
The screams of people in panic.
It was just then.
Crunch─!
A clean cutting sound was heard.
At the same time, the movements of the monster that had been threatening the child suddenly stopped.
And then, slurp.
The monster’s body was torn in two and collapsed.
Between the torn corpses.
There was a woman standing there holding a sword.
Hair in a ponytail.
A cold and ruthless atmosphere.
A Haetae pattern engraved on the black uniform and shoulder epaulets.
“In accordance with the martial law provisions, this place is currently under the control of the Seoul Branch Inspection Bureau.”
Seoul Branch Inspection Bureau Team 4 Leader, Lee Min-jeong.
Behind Lee Min-jung, people wearing black uniforms poured out.
“They are the guards!”
“The guards from the inspection department have arrived!”
A sense of relief finally settled on people’s faces.
Guardians are guards who protect people from monsters.
The guards cut down the monsters ahead.
The number of monsters that poured down from the sky was incalculable.
But there were also many guards.
All the guards from each branch across the country were gathered together.
“Thank you! Thank you so much!”
“We, we survived! We survived!”
The people shouted with joy.
Some people collapsed as their legs gave out from the tension.
Hope blooming in despair.
But despair was not over yet.
Kieeeeeeeek─!!!
Kwaaaa …
Under the sky, monsters were pouring down without stopping.
Lee Min-jung said, wiping the blood off her sword.
“In the absence of the Director and the Chief of the Metropolitan Investigation Unit, I will take command of the situation here. Does the Metropolitan Investigation Unit agree?”
“To agree.”
The entire metropolitan investigation team nodded at Lee Min-jung’s words.
Lee Min-jung spoke again to the guards stationed behind her.
“Do the guardians of other branches agree?”
“We agree. Isn’t it natural to follow the instructions of the jurisdiction?”
Lee Min-jung opened her mouth again.
“Please evacuate people as a top priority, leaders of each branch.”
“i get it.”
“Sua, you lead the group.”
“yes!”
Lee Min-jung’s team member, Jeong Su-ah, nodded resolutely.
“Everyone! Let’s start by categorizing the teams so that there’s no confusion! Those from Gyeonggi-do are Team 1! Those from Gyeongsang-do are Team 2! Teams 1 and 2, please rescue the people inside the broken buildings! And those from Jeolla-do… .”
Under Jeong Su-ah’s command, the guards moved in unison.
While rescuing people trapped in the building.
He consoled the distraught people and brought the situation under control.
Lee Min-jung spoke to the guards of the previous metropolitan investigation team.
“I hope the regional investigation team members will stop the monsters pouring in like me.”
“Okay.”
The Metropolitan Investigation Unit guards were seen standing next to Lee Min-jung.
“Not only the captain, but also the director has been praising you, Team Leader Lee Min-jeong. Will we be able to see your skills today?”
Lee Min-jung didn’t seem to give an answer.
Kieeeeeeeek─!!!
Kwaaaa …
In the midst of pouring monsters.
Showing off the brightly shining snow fangs.
Crunch─!
He only showed his answer through his actions.
* * *
“What, what is this…?”
Han Min-ah couldn’t come to her senses at all.
Countless monsters pouring down like rain.
Gyaaaaaaahh …
The eerie screams of people can be heard.
“What, what is it… .”
I couldn’t believe it was real.
I couldn’t accept this unrealistic phenomenon.
But the scenery seen through my wide-open eyes was clearly reality.
Han Min-ah suddenly got up from her seat.
I couldn’t tell how things would turn out.
I also couldn’t figure out why a dungeon gate appeared in the Seoul sky.
But this place is dangerous.
I had to get out of the building as soon as possible.
Han Min-ah quickly packed her clothes and left the room.
And then stop.
Frozen in place.
The pungent scent of blood stings the tip of your nose.
The hallway was covered in blood, creating a gruesome scene.
The bodyguards who had fallen to the floor were motionless.
“This, this is…!”
Han Min-ah’s eyes trembled incessantly.
I covered my mouth with my hand in indescribable shock.
That moment.
“Are you Han Min-ah?”
An unfamiliar voice was heard from somewhere.
When I looked there, there was an unidentified man standing there.
The man had his back turned.
Because of that, the face was not visible.
And the two daggers held in the man’s two hands.
Each dagger was dripping with red blood.
“Who, who are you…?”
Han Min-ah’s voice was trembling badly.
The man slowly turned his back and looked at Han Min-ah.
It was a face I was seeing for the first time.
I have never even seen it in passing.
It was none other than a straight scar carved into the corner of his left eye.
If you’ve ever seen it, you can’t help but remember that scar.
That’s why Han Min-ah couldn’t know the man’s identity.
only one.
The fact that that man is the culprit behind this horrible sight.
I could only know that fact.
“I have no personal grudge.”
The man slowly approached Han Min-ah.
“I just made a deal.”
transaction?
Han Min-ah had doubts, but couldn’t continue with her doubts for long.
More precisely, I was unable to engage in the activity of thinking.
“Why on earth are you doing something like this…!”
Fear and dread.
Is this how a mouse feels when faced with a snake?
Han Min-ah couldn’t even move her body.
I knew very well that I had to run away immediately.
But my body didn’t move.
Each and every cell was frozen solid.
“I will let you go without any pain.”
Death coming.
Han Min-ah just shut her eyes tightly.
and.
Kaang─!
A dull metallic sound was heard…?
The dull, clanging sound of iron clashing with iron.
What I just heard was a distinct metallic sound.
Han Min-ah slowly opened her closed eyes.
And the sight that was seen was….
“Fortunately, it seems it’s not too late.”
It was the back of a man.
The sight of a man who is familiar yet unfamiliar.
Of course, it wasn’t an unidentified man.
The unidentified man was pushed far away.
He was also glaring at the man blocking Han Min-ah’s path with a sharp gaze.
A moment of silence.
“Baekseonje… .”
The unidentified man muttered quietly.
Director of the Inspection Bureau, Baek Seon-je.
The man who blocked Han Min-ah’s path was none other than Baek Seon-je.
“To threaten a delicate woman? Even though it is Pandemonium, isn’t it embarrassing for a Scar-level executive?”
“……”
“The name Oh Ju-won makes me cry, makes me cry.”
Baek Seon-je spoke with a slightly reproachful tone.
The unidentified man, Oh Ju-won, quietly glared at Baek Seon-je and spoke.
“Didn’t you follow Maeng Si-woo?”
“As expected, it looks like you knew it was bait.”
Baek Seon-je nodded as if he had expected that and continued speaking.
“Even so, Oh Ju-won, is that why you are here?”
Baek Seon-je looked out the window.
Dungeon gate covering the sky over Seoul.
“Did you really do that? How on earth is that possible?”
“Why should I tell you?”
“Well, I didn’t expect that.”
Baek Seon-je shook his head and said.
But the actual expression on his face was one of regret.
“This time, I’ll ask. Why didn’t you follow Maeng Si-woo? Wasn’t it to drag me out that you conducted Maeng Si-woo’s promotion examination?”
“That’s why I dragged you out like this.”
The answer that Baek Seon-je heard.
“…You knew it all from the beginning.”
Oh Ju-won’s expression suddenly became distorted.
At the same time, silence descended.
Baek Seon-je and Oh Ju-won.
A strange confrontation between them continued.
There was no significant clash of momentum.
But Han Min-ah felt a suffocating pressure.
It felt like someone was squeezing Han Min-ah’s breath.
When I was slowly losing consciousness like that.
“Are you okay?”
Baek Seon-je’s words were heard for a moment.
“Ugh…!”
Only then was Han Min-ah able to exhale.
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