episode_0114

[ Triple-layer special gate that appears in China. One of them is clear. The activities of the Pungcheon Guild. ]

Since China’s triple gate was an international issue, news occasionally appeared in Korea as well.

As of now, one has the worst result of only one survivor, but it is cleared somehow.

And of the remaining two, one was still deciding on which engineering team to enter the gate, and the last one was that the guild master of the Pungcheon guild was struggling.

To be honest, it was good news for non-Chinese foreigners, but there were Koreans who reacted sensitively to this news.

“Oh my, all the demons must be dead.”

Park Ji-hoon was the main character.

“But they said there were only undead and blue devils inside. The boss was male.”

“Really? That’s it then.”

At first, Park Ji-hoon had planned to go sightseeing and open the demon triple gift set.

Vietnam was a bit of a special case, and in general, entering another country’s gate without permission could become an international problem, so I stopped.

Especially in the case of an influential figure like Park Ji-hoon, the problem could have become even bigger.

I had no choice.

Anyway, China has the power to solve about three A-rank gates on its own, so there is no reason to ask for help from outside.

“It’s a waste. I wish that was in Korea.”

Of course, you still have to fight for position with other guilds.

Still, isn’t it worth aiming for at least one?

‘By the way, the devil is undead.’

Park Ji-hoon glanced at Shira and Trene.

Succubus and Vampire.

They happen to be demons and undead.

“If you’re undead… I guess it’s the immortal king’s…”

“…It’s gotten serious.”

But I could see the two of them making serious expressions.

“Ah, is it the 4th Demon Lord or something?”

Shira nodded in response to Park Ji-hoon’s question.

“Ugh. If demons and undead appear together… they are clearly demons of death.”

Demon of Death.

Unlike dream demons who control dreams and control lust.

These are demons who control death and the undead.

And the one who stands at the peak of their power is…

“Immortal King. King of all death demons and undead.”

Trine says with a nervous expression.

‘huh? But if you are the king of the undead…’

Trendo?

Let’s look at Park Ji-hoon with an expression that says….

She shook her head.

“This body is the leader of the inland vampires. It is a separate force from the foreign undead ruled by the Immortal King.”

“…It’s complicated.”

“But.”

Trene took a deep breath and continued speaking.

“He is the pinnacle of demons and the master of all undead. If you want to…”

Trine was worried.

He was afraid that control of his body would be taken away by a demon lord he had never seen before, rather than a master he acknowledged.

But Park Ji-hoon.

“Really? So, is he feminine?”

“…?”

There was no such concern at all.

No, rather.

If it were said that the Immortal King had a female body, it seemed like he was planning to rush over and expose his lower body at any moment.

“The devil is the greatest devil. Then, isn’t it absolutely true that she is an honorable goddess?”

“Unconditionally. It’s a national rule that the higher the status, the prettier the women are.”

The same goes for Shin Ji-yeon.

It seemed like Park Ji-hoon wasn’t worried that he would be killed by the Immortal King.

No, I’m sure he’s thinking about it.

At this rate, we will never be able to defeat the Demon King.

But at the same time, he seemed to think that one day he would eventually become stronger and be able to defeat the devil.

“Hurry up and upgrade your specs to catch the dragon and the demon lord! Good good. What here, isn’t there a good A rank gate?”

“I’ll take a look. From A rank onwards, competition among large guilds may be a bit stiff.”

Are you ignorant or positive?

‘As expected, he is the owner I recognized.’

However, Trine thought that that kind of appearance was more like Park Ji-hoon.

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Discussions about deciding which team would enter the third special gate continued for quite some time.

In the end, we came to the conclusion to decide on an auction format.

It was sold to Hwadoksan Guild, which bid the largest amount.

“…No, it’s too much of a loss.”

“That’s it. You can’t even go in without this much damage.”

The amount exceeded the expected profit from this gate by almost 30%.

However, the guild master of the Hwadoksan guild had no regrets.

If only we could get ahead of other guilds with that much money.

I didn’t think it was worth it.

Anyway, the owner of the third and final gate was eventually decided.

Because we waited so long, we were worried that the gate might overcrowd, so we quickly got ready and entered the gate.

In the end, the other guilds got nothing and just looked at the gate in vain.

Of course, if you cannot clear the gate, you will be able to obtain the next entrance ticket through discussion again.

Just looking at the first gate, two S-rank hunters entered.

Didn’t a situation arise where the entire engineering team was wiped out except for one person?

If so, there was a good chance that they would be wiped out at the other gate.

‘I can get rid of my competitors, and that’s great.’

Look at the devastated expression on Bugilma’s face from the Pungcheon guild, who boasted that he was the only one with 4 S ranks.

Although he made a great achievement by clearing the gate, he lost a valuable human resource, an S-rank hunter, that could not be replenished anywhere else.

It will definitely be a loss.

What if such an incident happens at other gates as well?

You will be able to prepare by obtaining information about the gate, there will be fewer competitors, and you will even have the opportunity to make a mark.

The level of difficulty is such that an S-rank hunter from another guild would suffer like that.

Their attitude of believing that they could clear it was really funny.

“Huh?”

Then, a hunter discovered something strange.

“That… Why does it keep doing that?”

That is a special gate currently cleared by two teams from the Poongcheon Guild.

After clearing the original special gate, the characteristic gray vortex disappeared and became quiet.

The crack gradually disappears.

However, even though the gate was clearly cleared, a gray vortex was swirling powerfully inside the crack.

Of course, I heard an explanation from Feng Leyu that it seemed to be a special structure.

But it was strange.

“…Hasn’t it been two days since I cleared that?”

Two days have passed since Feng Leyu cleared that gate.

No matter how long it takes, the gate you clear will be gone in one day.

Even though the structure was a special case, this was a bit strange.

In fact, the association employees thought it was strange, but there was still no reason for an S-rank hunter from the Pungcheon Guild to lie to them.

I just believed what he said.

“Uh, you must not approach. This gate is in the process of being closed.”

If you get caught up in it, you could end up stuck in a gap in the dimension and disappear.

Association employees blocked hunters approaching the gate.

“No, that’s strange. Isn’t this cleared?”

It’s a reasonable doubt.

If this is a normal gate.

However, this gate is a special gate that once you enter, you cannot get out until you clear it or are wiped out.

Common sense tells us that this will never happen.

Of course, hunters also know this.

But, this situation.

No matter how you look at it, it is not common sense.

In that case, there may be cases where common sense does not apply.

for example.

“That bastard may have just accidentally opened it and escaped.”

“Yes, you could say that I cleared it as if it was official.”

He ran away through an accidentally opened gate.

Something like that.

Of course, Feng Leyu betrayed humanity and survived by joining the enemy demons.

No one thought.

Anyway, that was so unreasonable.

“But…”

However, the hunters could not be exposed to danger due to an unexpected and unexpected situation.

Association officials did their best to stop them.

“Or at least measure horsepower. If you measure horsepower, you will get the answer.”

I didn’t want the hunters to get caught up and lose their lives needlessly.

Association employees were asked to measure horsepower.

If the gate has been cleared, the core has been lost and the source of magical energy has disappeared, so the magical energy is definitely decreasing.

If two days have passed, it will definitely be measured as having almost no magical power.

“Okay.”

I nodded that I knew the association staff, reported it to the association president, and then brought in a horsepower measuring machine.

‘It’s probably a cleared gate anyway, so why…’

I was annoyed by the hunters’ attitude of increasing work for no reason, but I knew very well that nothing good would come of going against the will of those with overwhelming force.

He just complained inwardly.

Beep beep.

Place the measuring instrument near the gate and start measuring.

Soon the measured value appears on the machine.

“Look at this. It’s definitely magic… huh?”

But something was strange.

The numbers displayed on the machine…

“…A?”

As it is, it was A.

No, it’s not the same.

“The figure went up…?”

Definitely better than when I first measured it.

The figure came out higher.

The previous figure was 410.

It was quite high, but still high for A rank.

But this time the figure is 481.

It was the same A, but the number was as high as 70.

It’s close to 500, almost like an S rank gate.

How on earth did this happen?

The magical power of the gate, which should have been cleared, increased rather than decreased.

“This is strange…!”

The moment when the association staff hurriedly tried to report an abnormal phenomenon.

Squeak─

Right in front of you.

A sound was heard, more ominous and eerie than anything else in the world.

“…Ah.”

“Huh?”

Not just the association staff right in front of you.

The hunters who had gathered to check the magic levels also checked.

A large crack filled with gray swirls.

It’s becoming more and more divided.

Damn it!

“Fuck! Everyone prepare for battle!!”

“Ugh, wow!”

The gate must have been cleared.

It caused a runaway.