Episode 52.
A desolate silence flowed.
silence?
Can this really be called static?
The land split apart in all directions as if a huge earthquake had occurred.
The earth and debris rose up from the torn ground.
The color of the sky changes.
A sky that is neither dark nor blue.
There were white cracks engraved there like spider webs.
It was like a glass window that would shatter into pieces if you touched it.
It was as if there was a crack in the outline of the world.
Thus, the basic laws that make up the world, space and time.
Swish─. Swish─!
It was a sight of all the rules being broken and shattered.
“…..!!!”
“…..!!!”
People’s expressions turned to shock.
Two wide open eyes.
Ouch, mouth wide open.
Shock and amazement.
No words in this world could express how I feel right now.
In particular, the shock and amazement felt by the wizard hunter was indescribable.
“This, this is… this is…”
Even the words did not come out easily.
A shock beyond recognition.
I was mentally ill from the phenomenon I was facing.
“Nonsense… nonsense…”
His cool reason as a wizard seemed to deny the phenomena he was seeing.
However, the phenomenon that was clearly visible before our eyes was reality.
“This, this can’t be….”
An inexplicable sense of dissonance has been confusing my mind.
In the midst of the collapsing universe.
People’s eyes were all turned to one place.
There was a man named Siwoo lying there.
He was unconscious and appeared to be covered in blood all over his body.
Dead…?
It was a sight that made me think that way naturally.
After a while, Chae-rin approached Si-woo.
I put my ear close to her and felt her breathing.
I felt the pulse with my hand to check for signs of life.
and.
“He’s not dead.”
Chaerin spoke calmly.
But her expression was never calm.
Shock and amazement.
It wasn’t much different from what people were feeling.
Saaaa …
An unknown wind blew.
The small grains of sand scattered and disappeared through the blowing wind.
As I looked around, all the scenery was scattering and disappearing like a dream.
The dungeon must be collapsing and disappearing.
Chaerin turned her head and asked the wizard hunter.
“Jimin, what happens if you get stranded in a collapsed dungeon?”
“I, I don’t know….”
The wizard hunter named Jimin shook his head.
I do not know.
Because I’ve never experienced or heard of such a phenomenon.
Collapse the dungeon’s dimension.
There’s no way something so ridiculous could happen.
Above all, wizards are those who seek the truth of this world.
The truth known only to God.
Those who try to bring it down to the realm of human reason.
They are those who challenge the authority of God.
Absolutely not.
“What, what is going on now…?”
They are not those who try to surpass God.
But now.
Crackle─! Crackle─!
“Wow, that’s ridiculous. How is this even possible…?”
Jimin was just talking nonsense in a confused state of mind.
Chaerin slowly turned her head.
In Chaerin’s sight, a black wolf with a red glow appeared.
The black wolf was confused.
He was looking around, bewildered by the collapsing dimension.
That wolf probably doesn’t understand the current situation either.
Soon the wolf’s gaze turned this way.
To be exact, below Chaerin.
He headed towards Siwoo, who was lying down.
Chaerin also slowly lowered her head.
And looking at the collapsed Siwoo.
“……”
Chaerin had nothing to say.
To be exact, no thoughts came to mind.
I knew he was something special from what I saw in the Black Troll’s Dungeon.
I knew to some extent that he wasn’t just a simple, personalityless awakened being.
But the power you just showed.
The immense power that caused the dungeon itself to collapse.
That power is just… .
What on earth does he do?
Chaerin looked at Siwoo, who had fallen silently.
But that was only for a moment.
Chaerin picked up the fallen Siwoo and carried him on her back.
“I’m getting out of here.”
Now is not the time to be sentimental.
You must escape before the dungeon completely collapses.
The team members suddenly came to their senses at Chaerin’s words.
Chaerin moved her body quickly while carrying Siwoo.
A gaze that slowly turns around.
The black wolf stood there and did not move.
And just as Siwoo said, there was no sense of hostility in his gaze.
A view that slowly fades away.
Only then did the black wolf slowly move its body.
Where are you going?
Unfortunately, there was no way to know the answer.
* * *
A space in a collapsing dungeon.
Fenrir watched the humans moving away.
Humans who came and attacked out of the blue.
They were people I didn’t even know.
I honestly didn’t even know why I was being attacked.
However, I only vaguely recognized it.
A vicious monster.
Because he was a vicious monster.
Because one day, he was a being who would lead the world to destruction.
It was natural to eliminate such a being.
Not only those humans, but everyone else has been treating him like that.
Fenrir was abandoned in a desolate land from birth.
You are a vicious monster.
He said that I shouldn’t be alive in this world.
You said that if you were alive, people would get hurt and suffer.
The monster of the apocalypse, Marang (魔狼).
That was what Fenrir had heard all his life.
So I had no family, no friends, no one.
There is only one thing beside Fenrir.
Gleipnir, which binds the entire body.
The only friend Fenrir had was the torture that was repeated every day.
With nothing to lean on, Fenrir endured loneliness and pain.
To be honest, I had a lot of resentment.
There have been countless instances of hatred and hostility.
I wanted to tear to pieces and kill all those who made me like this.
But every time, Fenrir steeled himself.
Did not succumb to madness.
If it really really happens that way.
If you succumb to madness and start hurting people.
Because no one will be his friend.
Because I had to be alone in this world my whole life.
Fenrir fought madness.
Even under endless torture, Fenrir did not lose consciousness.
Then one day.
Someone came looking for me.
A being I’m seeing for the first time.
He said… what did he say?
I can’t remember very well.
The memory was faint, as if shrouded in fog.
But there was one clear memory.
He said that if you want to release Gleipnir, you must do as he says.
Gleipnir is a chain made of contradictory materials.
It couldn’t be cut off by anything that existed in this world.
So he said he had to go somewhere else.
Fenrir was suspicious.
But on the other hand, I wanted to believe it.
If only I could escape this horrible torture.
And then I came to my senses.
I was in a strange place.
This place is different from the divine realm.
As expected, Gleipnir was not broken.
Instead, another unknown force was oppressing Fenrir.
The torture that was repeated every day became more and more intense.
The power of madness to consume the mind was also growing stronger.
I wanted to go out.
But I couldn’t go out.
It felt like I was trapped in this unknown place.
Some unknown people came to visit.
He attacked himself out of the blue.
Every time that happened, I kept hearing an unknown voice in my head.
Kill them.
Tear it apart.
That’s the reason for your existence.
Madness that just keeps growing.
Fenrir fought, but he was increasingly unable to maintain his sanity.
In that mind that is gradually fading away.
‘Fenrir didn’t want to harm us.’
He was a strange man.
And that was the first…
A being who knows one’s true feelings.
A person who does not consider himself a monster of the apocalypse.
I was born as a human being for the first time.
The human was no longer hostile to him.
And it didn’t stop there.
Saaaa …
In a space where sand grains scatter and disappear.
The unknown force that had bound Fenrir was also disappearing.
It was all done by that strange human being.
Why… did it happen like that?
I am a monster of the apocalypse that will tear the world apart.
What a truly strange person.
Fenrir just watched him walk away and thought that.
Saaaa …
A space that collapses and disappears.
Fenrir moved his body.
Then suddenly.
Come to think of it, I didn’t know how to get out of here.
I didn’t even know why I ended up here in the first place.
How do I get out?
Fenrir stood still and thought.
Then suddenly again.
I had a feeling that humans knew.
But the humans were no longer in sight.
I don’t even remember where I went.
But the remnants of that power spread throughout this collapsing space.
Sniff sniff.
The strange human smell was strong.
* * *
[Here’s the next breaking news.]
[The fact that Hunter Han Chae-rin, the representative of the SH Hunter Guild, finally conquered an S-rank dungeon is causing a huge stir.]
[After the previous failed attempt, SH Group was put on hold in its advance into the hunter industry.]
[Not giving in to that failure, they launched a new attack and showed the strength of the SH Group.]
[With this, SH Group is a guild and company that can conquer S-rank dungeons on its own.]
[It has joined the so-called ‘S-Class’ and the future course of SH Group is highly anticipated.]
[Netizens’ reactions to this are also heated.]
[Along with the reaction that Han Chae-rin is truly a genius─.]
Hold on.
The TV screen turned off simultaneously with the power button on the remote control.
“What is going on?”
And then I heard a deep, manly voice.
The man was sitting on a luxurious sofa.
SH Group Director Han Kwan-guk.
Chairman of SH Group, eldest son of Han Tae-san and uncle of Han Chae-rin.
That is, he was the great-uncle.
The face of Han Gwan-guk, who was carrying the bag, was not visible.
But the voice coming from beyond the back carried considerable weight.
“Didn’t you say you would never conquer it?”
“sorry.”
Behind the sofa at Han Gwan-guk’s words.
Someone nodded and answered.
Han Gwan-guk opened his mouth again without turning his head.
“I asked the reason and the process.”
“I think… Han Chae-rin’s abilities were better than we thought.”
Han Gwan-guk was silent for a moment.
All that could be heard was the sound of my index finger tapping on the armrest of the sofa.
and.
“Is that all?”
Han Gwan-guk opened his mouth again.
A moment of silence.
“It seems like there’s someone else next to Han Chae-rin.”
Stop.
Han Gwan-guk’s index finger, which had been tapping the armrest, stopped.
A long silence fell.
How much time has passed like that?
“Who is it?”
“Not yet….”
The silence descends once again.
“I will look into it.”
After saying those words, the only thing that could be heard was the sound of someone leaving the room.
* * *
Flash!
As I opened my closed eyes, an unfamiliar ceiling came into view.
The question, “What is it?” remains for a moment.
As if memories were being injected.
Memories from the past came flooding back like a panorama.
Entrance to the S-rank dungeon.
Encounter with Fenrir.
The truth about Fenrir has finally been revealed.
And Hercules’ divine fighting technique (SSS).
Among them, the strike that crushed the Nine Dragons Hydra, the Falling Dragon Leg.
Unfortunately, the results could not be seen.
Because I lost consciousness the moment I casted the spell.
To be exact, it was a blow that was carried out with the resolve to die.
So now.
“Alive… yes?”
Siwoo could feel that he was alive.
And then I looked up at the unfamiliar ceiling… .
Siwoo could tell where this place was.
So, it’s a ceiling that’s unfamiliar but not unfamiliar.
“It’s a special room in a hospital.”
That too, in a special room at SH Hospital.
Maybe that’s why.
Siwoo slowly turned his head, just in case.
And, as expected,
An expression as cold as ice.
But the beauty of innocence cannot be hidden.
“Are you okay?”
Han Chae-rin was in the bed next to Si-woo.
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