episode_0669

The number of dark elves who came out from beyond the bottomless pit with no end in sight was about three hundred.

In the past, their numbers could reach into the hundreds of thousands, but now that’s all there is.

The abyss that they had no choice but to make their new home was just as dangerous.

From the moment we are born, our lives are threatened at every moment.

If your body can accept the magic that is completely different from the magic of the human world, you will survive, but if not, you will die.

If we assume that 100 babies are born, 95 of them will not be able to survive this process and will die.

So, do the five children who barely managed to adapt to the environment grow up healthily?

no.

Three or four of them die during the growth process.

During the harsh training process, he faced his first enemy and was pessimistic about his life of suffering that had continued for a long time.

As they die one by one, only one or two will survive to become adults.

If they were not a long-lived race that lived for hundreds of years, their population would not even be half of what it is now.

Anyway, the three hundred dark elves gathered here are warriors who survived all those harsh processes.

That’s why they are strong.

The youngest and weakest dark elf warrior has enough strength to fight and defeat two or three S-class hunters.

However, it took them time to demonstrate all of their abilities.

The abyss they lived in and the Earth are so different in terms of their environments.

The middle-aged man who was the first to walk out of the abyss looked around his cold, frozen surroundings.

The humans we finally meet.

The sight of them made me feel a murderous urge, but I held it in and went after the target I wanted.

The target is none other than Chris Emir.

“Is that you?”

Who called us here?

He naturally lowered his head at the pressure he felt from just one word.

No, I was trying to sleep.

“Nice to meet you… .”

“Stop.”

A man who interrupts her polite greeting and grabs her bent back with an invisible energy.

He sternly scolded Chris, who had a puzzled expression on his face.

“The apostle of pride never bows down.”

Even if it is just a formality, showing respect to elders is absolutely not allowed.

“Remember, arrogance only looks down.”

A warning that if you truly want to be a ruler, you must never look up.

My heart ached.

It was a feeling I felt for the first time.

Because no one had ever told him this fact before.

Just by facing the being in front of him, and with just a few words of conversation, he realized something big and felt his status rising in real time.

Even if I were to face Sophia now, I don’t think I would be able to easily lose.

But the battle between the two never resumed.

“Are you planning to fight right now?”

“Well, I’m thinking about it.”

“If there is room left, I recommend planning for the future.”

“Is there any special reason?”

In response to his question, the man lowered his voice a little and spoke so that only he could hear.

“I need time to adjust here.”

Contrary to the absolute aura that emanated from his body, I suddenly became curious about his polite manner of asking questions as if he were a subject conveying his opinion to the king.

“But what if I have to fight?”

I wonder how far they will follow.

To this he replied immediately.

“If you want to fight, we will follow.”

There was no sign of discontent or fear on his confident face.

‘Is it loyalty?’

Or is it something else?

It didn’t matter either way.

“What’s your name?”

“Curtz.”

“Okay, Kurtz. As you said, I’ll take my leave for now.”

I became confident.

I am confident that with the power that Sophia possesses and the strength of those who have adapted to their new environment, they will be able to fight the world.

Chris puts his hand into his pocket, holds a small badge in his hand, and opens his mouth.

“I’m retreating now.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the members of the organization started to walk away in a hurry.

Judging by the way he chose his path without a single moment of hesitation, it appears to be a move that was decided in advance.

His gaze turned to Kim Do-jin after safely sending off everyone except the members of the organization that had been used to activate the magic circle.

“Let’s take our leave for today.”

“Who sent it nicely?”

Kim Do-jin, who asks in a low voice and raises his voice.

But he knows.

That it was nothing more than empty boasting.

“If you block it, we’ll have to fight.”

but.

“How can that be? How many of my colleagues might die?”

He is a strong man.

Not only is he strong, but every element of Kim Do-jin as a human being is embedded with a strong core, making it impossible to shake him with just any means.

But there is no such thing as a perfect being in this world.

Even in such a strong person, there was a gap where a sharp knife could penetrate just an inch.

“If the fight continues, the Dark Elves here and I will only target your comrades. Even if we win the fight, you will feel like every day is hell.”

He is extremely reluctant to lose his colleagues.

They say in words that it wouldn’t be strange if someone died once they got into this business, but their hearts aren’t like that.

I’m so afraid, if not reluctant, that someone is leaving me.

Then you might ask, “Why don’t we just focus on that part?” But that’s why we need to be even more careful.

Because if you poke a beehive carelessly, you could end up in big losses.

A brief stare contest.

“Sigh… If you’re going to go, go quickly.”

In the end, the first one to raise the white flag was Kim Do-jin.

I thought about it for a moment.

‘Maybe now is the best time.’

It seems to him.

A small imbalance in the bodies of those who walked confidently into this world.

It must be a gap that occurred because the body was unable to adapt to the new environment.

The number is only 300, but its power is comparable to that of the world.

Even if we gathered all the S-class hunters from around the world, it would be difficult to predict whether we could guarantee victory or not.

‘Now we can greatly reduce their numbers.’

This is an opportunity to significantly reduce their numbers.

However, he too must be prepared for this.

Be prepared to lose one or two colleagues, or maybe even all of them.

After much thought, I came to the conclusion above.

It was better to just let them go than to lose a comrade.

I’m worried about the destructive power of those who have adapted to this world when they rush in, but that’s all.

‘Me too, we too need to become stronger.’

Shouldn’t you and your colleagues become as strong as me, or even stronger than me?

It wasn’t easy, but it wasn’t impossible either.

Especially now that I have found a new path.

Chris slowly leaves and Kim Do-jin stands there blankly.

The two people’s gazes become entangled.

“Next time I see you, I’ll definitely kill you.”

“I know that the day you see me again will be your memorial day.”

Also, our determination towards each other.

From December 31st to January 1st.

The fight that had been going on for a year came to an end.

Eight victims were among the tourists who came for the New Year’s event.

Everyone praised those who fought and shed blood there, saying that it was a miraculous number considering the scale of the incident, but it didn’t really hit home for Kim Do-jin.

Because more than 50 of my fellow Guardians were sacrificed to protect them and to carry out my plan.

“…Fuck.”

My mouth is bitter.

So much so that I can’t even describe it.

The only silver lining is that their sacrifices were not in vain.

Hexagrams and Guardians.

This incident made everyone in the world aware of the two organizations.

A group of dreamers with an overly ambitious dream of overthrowing the world, and a group of guardians formed around a saint to prevent this.

Thanks to this, Guardians has enjoyed its greatest success since its founding.

“I want to support the Guardians.”

“We also want to work for world peace!”

“Please accept it!”

Because we are constantly receiving calls from those who want to support the Guardians and those who have expressed their noble desire to join the Guardians and fight together.

However, the Guardians did not accept anyone’s sponsorship or new allies right away.

Because there’s no way to know how many spies might be hiding in there.

“I plan to choose as carefully as possible and receive it.”

“Good idea.”

The saint who reveals her intentions and Kim Do-jin who agrees with her.

The de facto leader of the Guardians is still the saintly Sophia.

However, she is working with Kim Do-jin to handle both big and small issues related to the organization.

In fact, both of them are practically leaders of the organization.

After finishing up urgent work, tea time has finally arrived.

He asked.

“How are you feeling?”

“It’s okay.”

Fortunately, her body was maintaining perfect balance without any abnormalities.

Thanks to this, she had no problem maintaining her position as a saint.

“Actually, I was a little worried.”

“What?”

“What if something goes wrong and I get stripped of my title as a saint?”

“Why worry about that.”

When I first came back to life, I thought that the title of saint was no longer relevant.

But that wasn’t the case.

It wasn’t because I was afraid of losing power or anything like that.

She had lived as a saint for a long time, and she was more familiar with the title than with her name.

If someone like that were to lose even that position.

“I was afraid that I might lose my whole life.”

“… I guess I could have thought that.”

It was a thought worth considering.

So, Kim Do-jin suddenly felt sorry.

“Sorry. I was too careless in that regard.”

“Oh, no. I never thought about it either. And I’ve gotten over it a long time ago.”

Sophia moved from the opposite side and sat down next to him.

“Dojin, who calls me Sophia, will always be by my side, right?”

“Sophia… .”

An atmosphere that is secretly heating up.

She figured this out with her womanly intuition and made him an offer he could never refuse.

“My face hidden behind a veil… Don’t you want to see it?”

“I miss you.”

“Okay. I can show you as much as you want, Dojin.”

The saint stretched her hand back as if she had been waiting and untied the knot of the veil tied behind her head.

Just then, the tightly tied knot slowly began to loosen and the veil began to slowly descend.

dripping!

Someone knocked on the door.

“Ah… .”

“Uh, um.”

The atmosphere became ambiguous in an instant.

She tightened the knot that had come loose slightly and spoke in a more stern tone than usual.

“Come in.”

Bam!

The person who opened the door and came in was none other than Han Ju-yeon.

“Sorry to interrupt your work, Dojin. I have some information coming in from New York, and I think you should know.”

“What kind of information is this?”

“That’s… , a corpse was found in a sewer not far from Times Square, its body so desiccated that it seemed like all the moisture had evaporated from its body.”

“Corpse?”

“Yeah. The police who collected the body used the remaining hair to identify the person… .”

She showed Kim Do-jin the photo she was holding tightly in her hand.

In the photo, an Asian man with a blunt expression was staring straight ahead.

It looks like a photo of a passport or resident registration card.

But that face looked very familiar.

Sharp eyes, blunt nose, strong, well-trained jaw.

Finally, a figure appeared in his mind.

“Jincheon… .”

The identity of the person found dead was Jincheon, a member of Hexagram and the apostle of jealousy.