Han Dae Sung Returned From Hell - Chapter 73

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“… mayhem.”

“This is on a completely different level… Is this the kind of power that a hunter or even a human can produce?”

“At this point, I don’t know who is human and who is a monster. “That person is more monstrous than monsters.”

The area that was swept away by the wave of fire caused by Daeseong was literally devastated.

The abandoned factory, which was scheduled for demolition at the end of this year, will have to cancel the schedule on a large scale.

The soldiers, who were in a hurry to extinguish the fire, were disgusted as they looked around at the burned orcs who had been reduced to charcoal.

“What you said was true. “I can’t believe there was such a thing…”

Meanwhile.

Park Jeong-ho, who was looking at the scene where the short fracture took place, swallowed dry saliva.

And Daesung, who solved the fracture in less than 5 minutes, just nodded quietly.

“It’s a device that can artificially cause fractures… To be honest, I still can’t quite believe it.”

“That may well be the case.”

“Um… Mr. Daesung. “If you don’t mind, may I ask you a question?”

Park Jeong-ho asked in the most cautious tone possible so as not to offend Daesung, who risked his trouble.

Daesung glanced at Park Jeong-ho as if asking him to speak.

“It’s not that I doubt Daesung. However, as the president of the association, I feel like I must know.”

“….”

“That thing called ‘Breaker’ earlier. How did you know that its purpose was a device that artificially causes fractures?”

okay.

I knew that question would come.

For this reason, you should avoid providing too much information to the association.

Every time a difficult question comes up, I have to rack my brain to come up with a difficult answer.

Of course, when I decided to share only Breaker information, I anticipated that such questions would come up and prepared answers.

And Daesung gave the answer with a calm expression.

“Unlike usual, I felt a very ominous atmosphere in Seongnam City.”

“Ominous currents?”

“I felt a gate with quite heterogeneous wavelength and amplitude. So I went in and there was a suspicious-looking device installed in the field.”

Even if he thought about it, he was not good at lying…

but since the lie came out of Daesung’s mouth, Park Jeong-ho had no choice but to listen to it with an extremely serious expression.

“How should I say it? I just felt it. The auror inside my body told me. “This bead is the cause of the gate’s wavelength being disturbed.”

“That can’t be possible…”

“Actually, the beads were eating away at the gate little by little. We were advancing the time of Fracture. So, on my own, I decided to call the bead ‘Breaker.’”

Park Jeong-ho, who was completely immersed in Daesung’s lies, nodded and thought to himself, ‘It’s an appropriate name.’

“Well, it’s an awkward expression to say with my own mouth, but I would say it’s an S-level feeling.”

“S-class feeling… Then, maybe the reason you reserved all the gates in Seongnam City is because you had a premonition of this situation…?”

“Let’s put it that way.”

It was true to some extent, except for the S-class vibe.

After Daesung’s story came to an end, Park Jeong-ho could only stand there, speechless for a moment.

There are two things that are shocking.

First, a story about ‘Breaker’.

And it was Daesung’s outstanding courage to anticipate all of these situations and prevent them in advance.

If some hunter had said something like this, I would have naturally been suspicious…

The man in front of me was S-class.

Isn’t he also a special hunter who uses rare Auror techniques that have not been reported anywhere in the world?

What he said gave me great credibility.

“…As you said, if we had not been careful, a catastrophe the likes of which Seongnam City has never seen before would have occurred today.”

“….”

“And Mr. Daesung prevented that disaster a few steps earlier than our association.”

Although there are distortions, it is an undeniable fact that Daesung protected Seongnam City.

After learning the inside story, Park Jeong-ho looked up again at the man in front of him, Daesung.

At 12 noon, the sun shining high in the sky became Daesung’s halo.

‘It was the same with the Dogok-dong incident last time and this time too… How many times has the association owed this man recently?’

Moreover, in this case, they brought information about ‘Breaker’, which is not known anywhere in the country that has hunters.

no.

Hunter powers such as the United States and Japan already know about the ‘Breaker’, but they may be hiding the information on purpose… ‘

Anyway, the Republic of Korea did not know, and this person was the first to find information about the device faster than anyone else.’

A tremendous help whose value I cannot even begin to express.

The hunter in front of me is ‘different’.

As soon as

that thought crossed his mind, Park Jeong-ho found himself lowering his head almost reflexively.

“Thank you so much.”

A heartfelt thank you.

Daesung, who had little experience hearing words of gratitude from someone, only scratched his cheek in silence.

at that time.

“Hey hey.”

“why. “I’m busy.”

“No, look at that.”

“What… huh? “What kind of situation is that again?”

The surrounding people who were organizing the scene also whispered to each other and looked in the direction where Park Jeong-ho and Daesung were.

There have been many instances where Park Jeong-ho, the president of the association, has given awards or other awards to hunters who have shown outstanding performance and praised their hard work.

However, no one has ever seen a person show respect to someone by bowing so deeply.

Thank you as a ‘human to human’ person, not as an ‘association president and hunter’.

Park Jeong-ho did not raise his head for a while and then slowly straightened his back.

And he spoke in a voice full of determination.

“We will inform the Hunter Federation of the existence of ‘Breaker.’”

Hunter Federation ((聯盟).

A global international hunting organization that any country with one or more hunters must join.

Park Jeong-ho, the representative of South Korea, a weak hunter country with a relatively small say, came to the forefront and said that he would inform the federation of shocking news. “There is no guarantee that ‘Breaker’ will only exist in Korea. It will certainly exist in any country where gates appear.” “….” “

What

Daesung discovered will surprise the world. And Korea as well .

“Everyone will be anxious.”

An object that can forcibly and artificially cause a fracture.

In other words, it is no longer meaningful to predict the time when a fracture will occur through an analysis device.

At least it displays the ‘remaining time’. It was no longer possible to predict when the time bomb would explode.

And the expression on Park Jung-ho’s face, who had just confirmed the reality of the time bomb, was extremely dark.

“….”

Daesung kept his expression quiet . After watching, I asked,

“So what are you going to do, President of the Association?”

“I…”

The existence of the ‘Breaker.’

Is learning about it a blessing or a curse?

The fact that such a thing existed in the first place may itself be a despairing curse.

But on the other hand,

it was definitely a blessing to be able to prepare by knowing about it in advance.

Park Jeong-ho answered,

“We need to be even more alert. From now on, we will raise the alert level of all gates across the country.”

And that was his answer. Only then did he hear that.

Daesung’s expression relaxed slightly and he nodded.

“I feel reassured.”

That was the very exemplary answer he wanted to hear in return for providing information.

***

With all the gates in Seongnam City closed, the situation I decided that it was over.

First of all, I didn’t think that anything more specific than this would happen today.

At least until midnight today.

‘If there was anything special, it would have been written in the empty record.’ In the

empty record, it was written at the gate of Seongnam City. There was only a story written about it.

Thanks to this, a lot of harvest was achieved, so Daesung had no choice but to acknowledge the usefulness of ‘purchasing information.’

but.

‘…You said there was information written down, but why wasn’t there any mention of stories related to Breaker, Sagat, or Kang Ki-beom?’

In fact, those three were the core and mainstay of the incident that Daesung experienced today.

However, Heogongrok did not give any information about them.

Although it predicts the future, it does not tell us everything.

Maybe that is the essence of empty space.

At this time, Butterfly Girl, the manager of the store system that sold the empty records, answered Daesung’s question.

[Heogongrok is merely a ‘signpost’ that guides the lord along the path he should take.]

‘It is a signpost.’

[No one knows what is unfolding on the road beyond that milestone. Me and my lord.]

In short, it only tells us which of the many crossroads is best to choose, but it means that it is Daesung’s job to overcome the difficulties that exist along that path.

‘Looking back, I was able to gain and learn a lot as a result thanks to telling you about Seongnam City.’

It doesn’t tell you the ‘result’, but only the path to take.

I liked this part more.

Because there was a set result, I didn’t want to be swayed by it.

“What are you thinking so hard about?”

At this time, the owner of the voice that penetrated Daesung’s thoughts was Seong Chan-ho.

After shaking up Seongnam City.

The two were having a late lunch at a restaurant to celebrate finishing work.

Unlike usual, there was no atmosphere of joy and joy at having made a lot of money today.

Daesung said, out of his thoughts.

“You don’t look very bright.”

“You saw ‘that’, so are you really going to split it because you like it? Oh, did you come to the meat restaurant for no reason? “I have an upset stomach, so domestically produced Korean beef doesn’t go through my stomach.”

“If you work with me in the future, you will see even more than that. And other than you, there is no one I can show peace of mind to.”

Before attacking the last gate and informing Park Jeong-ho about the ‘Breaker’.

Daesung had entrusted Seong Chan-ho with editing the video from the recording camera removed from the body of the < Netherworld > crew.

This is to prevent Park Jung-ho from seeing the true colors of Kang Ki-beom and Sagat, who turn into monsters.

In other words.

“…Daeseong, I still don’t know what’s going on. “Was it a person or a monster?”

Seong Chan-ho, the person who edited the video, had no choice but to watch the situation recorded at the end.

And Daesung explained.

Everything I saw through < Early Eyes >.

Because Chan-ho Seong can be trusted.

But on the other hand, Sung Chan-ho did not believe Daesung’s words. No, it would be more accurate to say that I couldn’t believe it.

“So… the monsters we commonly know are now directly capturing people? “I’m going to use it as a sacrifice to some god of chaos or some dickhead.”

“uh.”

“Wow Mr. Is it okay for the world to be this cruel? What if I get caught like this? Hey Daeseong. I will pay you a handsome salary, so I have no intention of becoming my personal 24-hour bodyguard-”

“Stop talking nonsense. It’s highly unlikely that you’ll get caught by those guys. “I’m not saying it doesn’t exist at all.”

“huh? why?”

Seong Chan-ho, whose expression was full of worry and anxiety, opened his eyes and asked.

“There are conditions for the humans they approach first.”

Daesung read Sagat’s memories through < The Ghost Eye >.

And I saw so many things in those memories.

From Sagat’s life to the moment when she was killed by the Flame Great Sword.

So it was natural to obtain the enormous amount of information that Sagat knew.

Among them, there was also information about the ‘standards’ they had set for selecting humans they wanted to use as ‘sacrifices’ or ‘soldiers’.

“They tend to approach ‘crowded’ humans first.”

“Humans crowded together?”

“People who are in difficult situations.”

“ah.”

It is not simply a matter of whether you have a lot of money or whether you are poor or rich.

Desperate, desperate, yearning human beings in a much more comprehensive sense.

Sagat attempted to satisfy his sadistic desires even by committing senseless and merciless killings.

Because they called for blood and craved blood, they were able to become residents of the Honse.

‘Kang Ki-beom wanted to live.’

At that time, he was so overcome by extreme fear that even his reason was paralyzed and he desperately wanted his life.

The desire of those who want, crave, and yearn for something has brought about the beings of the mixed world.

The more desperate their situation is, the more intense their anger becomes and the more valuable they become as sacrifices and soldiers.

Of course, no one is without circumstances.

Everyone always wants and craves something.

The beings of mixed taxation only prioritize those who are particularly severe and arrest them.

Therefore, Sagat tried to collect sacrifices indiscriminately by blowing up the gate of Seongnam City, ignoring the concentration of salt.

Now that I think about it, it was an ignorant method, but it wasn’t an absurd one. When it comes to cooking, it’s similar to forgetting about freshness and just gathering the ingredients first.

Seong Chan-ho said with a straight face.

“…From now on, I will have to live with a mind of no possessions.”

“Use this in reverse.”

“what?”

Daesung’s purpose was to find out more secrets by meeting the existence of Honse, especially those called ‘Dimension Takers’.

And since I knew what kind of smell they liked and were attracted to, all I had to do was throw meat full of that smell and wait for them to show up.

“Looking for those who yearn. “A person who is in a desperate situation, no matter the circumstances.”

“And you’re going to try to trick those ‘Dimension Takers’?”

“okay.”

“….”

Seong Chan-ho narrowed his eyebrows and looked at Daesung blankly.

“why. “Is the operation not very good?”

“No, that’s not it… something’s a little strange.”

“what.”

“In my eyes, Daesung, you look desperate enough right now.”

The moment I heard those words.

Daesung guessed what Sung Chan-ho wanted to say now.

“Wanting to kill those guys so desperately must be what we call ‘craving’… Why don’t they come to you first?”

“Now that I think about it, yes.”

“Is there such a thing as a waiting turn? If I wait, won’t it come to me someday?”

Daesung was lost in thought for a moment.

Perhaps his decision to exterminate the beings of the world does not seem as desperate in their eyes as he thought?

‘no.’

That can’t be possible. I’m sure.

This feeling was never light.

When I think of the fact that those guys dare to run wild in the world where my family lives, my stomach boils even at this very moment.

however.

According to the information and theory obtained from Sagat’s memories, the ‘Dimension Takers’ should have approached Daesung first.

But why…

‘If I think about it further, it’s strange that they didn’t approach my mother and Ji-soo while I was in hell…’

Hye-jeong and Ji-soo also hoped more desperately than anyone else that Daesung would regain consciousness. It would be.

Is there really such a thing as a waiting turn, as Sung Chan-ho joked?

I don’t know.

Anyway, one thing is certain.

“I can’t just wait for them to get to me first.”

“why.”

“Because I have family by my side.”

Since he had Hyejeong and Jisoo on his back, there was no way for the ‘Dimension Takers’ to wander nearby.

Let’s attack them here first before they come.

That was the fighting style that Daesung had honed in hell for 80 years.

“I wonder if anyone is there. “A person they can confuse.”

“Hmm…”

There is no one without regrets, but at the same time, there are not many people who reveal their true feelings to the outside.

This was a completely different problem from simply looking at a montage and finding people.

but.

“ah!”

Nevertheless, Seong Chan-ho gave an answer.

Daesung looked at him with eyes full of curiosity.

Seong Chan-ho said while stroking his chin.

“There is one.”

“Do you know someone?”

“Someone I know… That’s right.”

Seong Chan-ho, who said that, let out an awkward laugh.

“We met and talked only once when we were on the Clan sales team, but…”

***

University Hospital.

The young nurse opened the door and entered the single room.

The first thing that caught the nurse’s eye was the food bowls neatly placed on the hospital bed.

“Ha…”

The nurse sighed.

This was because it was clearly visible that the food had not even been touched.

“You didn’t eat again. “You need to eat at least one proper meal a day…”

The nurse trailed off and looked at the patient on the hospital bed.

The patient was turning his head out of the window.

A vague feeling of emptiness was visible from the side of his face.

“….”

Poor person.

The nurse swallowed a bitter feeling and began to clean up the dishes on the table in the hospital bed.

“You must eat it tomorrow, okay?”

“….”

“Shin Cho-young.”

The patient, Shin Cho-young, did not answer.

I just looked out the window, like I was lost somewhere, my soul was empty.

The nurse also quietly left the room without saying anything more.

“….”

Two days since I woke up.

Hwang Jun-young, whom she considered her teacher, was arrested while trying to take revenge on her, and her dantian was damaged, making her unable to use her aurors.

It was all harsh news for Shin Cho-young, who had barely regained consciousness, to accept.