Chapter 59: Alright, Let’s Go

“Demolish it.”

Seyul points to the Ivar Fortress with his finger.

His finger’s direction triggered immense violence.

Because Rimburn opened his mouth and spewed magic towards the fortress.

Dragon Breath.

The dragon’s ultimate weapon was unleashed.

Though not as much as Seyul, Rimburn was also a top-tier dragon.

It was small compared to the power that the real Seyul emitted.

But it was stronger than what he used in the last Murim.

Destructive power exceeding what ended the Crimson Moon flew towards the fortress.

Then, the 1,000 monsters also stretched out their hands and simultaneously emitted magic.

It would have been different if there were people inside.

The Ivar Fortress, with all its internal personnel evacuated, was in a state where it couldn’t use any of its hidden defenses.

Unable to even briefly withstand the dragon’s breath and the 1,000 monsters’ offensive, it was coolly and utterly destroyed.

[Ah, Ivar Fortress!]

[Humanity’s last hope!]

[Destroyed like a dog!]

Viewers who witnessed the end of Ivar Fortress each expressed their feelings.

What had always been a reliable ally to players in the game was shattered.

The viewers also felt strange.

<Aaaargh!!>

The God of Light let out a wail.

<You didn’t have to destroy it, did you?!>

“There was no reason not to destroy it.”

Seyul said coldly.

Because it might become a source of trouble.

He couldn’t kill humans recklessly because they were living beings, but it was different for such fortresses.

“This was definitely made of rare metal, right? Everyone did well, so if there are any fragments, everyone can take one each.”

Even the fragments left after the complete destruction were distributed as spoils of war.

In reality, it was worth much more than the same gram of gold.

Because it had real value, everyone took one with smiling faces.

“Oh, he’s quite something.”

Rimburn, who saw the scene, was slightly impressed.

Eliminating the source of trouble while also distributing spoils of war was no ordinary feat.

“Well done. I would have done the same. Have you ever led an army like this before?”

“I have. Though I wasn’t very good at it.”

The army command he had done in the other world.

To others, it seemed like he had done well.

But Seyul himself recalled those who were dissatisfied and wore a bitter expression.

[Oh, it seems he’s actually led an army before?]

[Well, he’s a hunter, after all.]

[With that level of skill, he must have led an army to deal with monsters.]

The viewers believed it because they thought Seyul was a hunter.

It was not uncommon for hunters to lead armies to exterminate monsters.

“Seyul, what are you going to do with these guys now?”

After the fortress was dealt with, Anera asked about the treatment of the prisoners.

The soldiers of Ivar Fortress were all in a miserable state.

They had barely survived suffocation, so they were all out of their minds.

They were either collapsed after being captured or staring blankly into the air.

They had been captured as prisoners for now, but they couldn’t take them with them or leave them behind.

So,

“You deal with them.”

Seyul entrusted the treatment of the prisoners to the God of Light.

“I captured them all without killing them, as you requested. The next thing is your job.”

<If you trace the cause, it’s you, no, never mind.>

The God of Light was about to say something but stopped.

The God of Light emitted a strange light and moved all the prisoners to an unknown place.

“Well, that’s the fortress dealt with. Where do we go now?”

Now that the obstacle was overcome, all that remained was to decide on a destination.

Seyul wanted to take the lead, but he didn’t know anything, so he was about to ask when.

[Huh?]

[What!]

An anomaly occurred.

[What’s this?]

[Why?]

[What’s wrong?]

[Guys, this is not the time for this!]

[Turn on the news now!]

[Turn on the internet!]

[It’s a mess!]

At first, the chat window became noisy, but then,

“Oppa, Oppa, Oppa!!!”

Soon, Seyul’s house was also in chaos.

Semi grabbed her 140kg brother’s slender body and shook him wildly.

“Why, why?!”

Surprised, Seyul stopped the game and looked at Semi.

Then he saw his younger sister with a very flustered expression.

“Watch TV!”

“Hey, what are you doing!”

Semi princess-carried her brother’s small body.

Ignoring Seyul’s embarrassment, she put him down in front of the TV.

“What is this…”

Seyul was about to protest at first, but he couldn’t help but be surprised when he saw the TV.

[Breaking news! Breaking news! This is not a lie. I repeat. This is a real situation!]

The announcer looked as if the sky had fallen.

Then the screen switched and showed the sea.

There was also a being swimming leisurely in the sea, revealing a huge dorsal fin.

[It’s a monster. It’s a super-large monster that has never been discovered before!]

The announcer’s urgent voice echoed as he showed the monster.

[We have news that the South Korean Navy and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, who were patrolling the East Sea, have already been attacked.]

[Several battleships were sunk in an instant!]

The TV showed debris floating on the sea.

Then it showed the monster again.

Bang!

Something flashed and there was a loud noise.

The screen seemed to be filled with light, and then the screen itself went out.

[Uh…]

The screen returned to the announcer’s side.

The announcer was too surprised to even speak properly.

[It, it seems that the helicopter that was filming the scene just now was shot down.]

The announcer said in a tone that he himself couldn’t believe.

[An, an unidentified monster is currently approaching Korea.]

[I repeat. A super-giant monster is coming to Korea! You must evacuate quickly!]

The announcer was repeating the same words because he was so shocked that he lost his mind.

It was a nervous behavior, but thanks to it, what he wanted to convey was well conveyed.

“Semi, what do you think?”

Seyul was silent for a moment and then spoke to his younger sister, who was an expert.

“How dangerous do you think that monster is, as an A-class hunter?”

“I, I don’t know.”

Semi, whose reputation as an A-class hunter was tarnished, just shook her head.

“I’ve never seen a monster that big.”

Semi had faced quite a variety of monsters as a hunter.

But none of them were as big as that.

“Judging from the fins and the shadows in the water, it looks like it’s dozens of meters long. I’ve never seen a monster like that. The biggest one I’ve seen was about 20 meters, but that’s more than twice that size!”

Usually, the strength of a monster is determined by its size.

Then how strong would a monster that is dozens of meters long be?

Semi shuddered at the ominous thought.

“Then what do you think, Oppa? Can you defeat it?”

The strongest force on Earth at the moment.

She clung to her brother, but unexpectedly, she didn’t get a clear answer.

“You’re asking me that after only seeing it on TV for a moment?”

There was too little data to judge.

However, Seyul also considered the large size to be a threat.

‘Unless it’s a special case like me, the strength of a normal dragon is also determined by its size. If that applies to monsters as well, then that size is at least Rimburn level, right?’

Rimburn.

He could deal with him lightly because it was a game.

But if such a being appeared in the real world, it would be a crisis that would lead to the extinction of humanity.

“O, Oppa. Look at this.”

Semi showed Seyul her phone, who was thinking.

It was a phone with an emergency summons order for all hunters to gather.

“It seems that the Korean branch of the Hunter Association also takes it seriously. They’ve issued an order for almost all hunters to gather. I think I have to go too.”

Seyul’s expression distorted because of his younger sister’s nervous words.

“What?!”

“D, don’t be angry! I can’t help it because I’m a hunter, right?”

“Then can’t you just quit that hunter thing?”

“Don’t say such nonsense!”

Even ordinary hunters can’t legally quit, let alone Korea’s only A-class hunter.

“If I could quit just because I wanted to, I would have done it a long time ago. And even if I quit in this situation, Korea will be destroyed, so where will we live? …Anyway, so I think I have to go.”

“Ah! …Wait a minute.”

Seyul shook his long silver hair, stopping himself from getting annoyed.

He grabbed his phone with nervous movements.

“Hey, Noona! It’s me. Did you see the TV too? Yeah, Semi also got an order to gather. Don’t worry. I’ll do something about it. Noona, you’re doing what I taught you before, right? Then nothing will happen.”

First, he reassured his other family member, his sister, and secured her safety.

“Hey, let’s go together.”

He threw bold words at Semi.

Semi’s eyes widened at the unexpected words.

“Together with me?”

“Yeah.”

“Aren’t you hiding your identity?”

“It’s okay. I’ll make it invisible to others.”

It didn’t matter even if the other party was hunters.

It was easy for Seyul.

However, he didn’t even loiter nearby because he felt uneasy.

If the situation had become like this, there was nothing he could do.

‘Okay, let’s go!’

Seyul braced himself and headed to the gathering place with Semi.

The gathering place was an auditorium located in Seoul.

Originally, hunters had to gather at the branch, but the branch had been attacked by terrorists a while ago.

The higher-ups, who judged that it was still dangerous, had no choice but to gather the hunters here.

“Thank you all for gathering.”

A man located in the most conspicuous place in the auditorium bowed his head.

The man, who looked like an ordinary middle-aged man, was named Park Tae-joon.

He was a C-class hunter and also the branch manager who oversaw all the hunters in Korea.

Park Tae-joon, who had summoned all the hunters with the authority of the branch manager, continued with a heavy heart.

“As a courtesy to those gathered here, I will not beat around the bush. Today, our Republic of Korea, no, humanity is facing the greatest threat in history. Because the monster that is heading here now is likely to be the strongest existence, including all the monsters that have been discovered so far.”