Chapter 102: Reclaiming Territory
That night Jaehw.a.n.g and Gwanjae practiced their skills, flashes of light came out every now and then along with the sound of their energies clas.h.i.+ng with each other. They were on their way to Pyongyang and the road was not as simple as it seemed.
The area was covered in a beautiful streak of light but the ridge below was clad in darkness.
Soon, they finally arrived.
Everything there had disappeared over the years but although 60 years had pa.s.sed, there was still high rise buildings that remained standing. There were also supposed to be a stream near the road but it was then covered in leaves after being left out for so many years.
“Examination?”
“Yes.” Jaehw.a.n.g replied among all the white strings that came out of him. The spirit went ahead and examined the area.
“A lot of monster raids had happened here…” the spirit said.
It was a place well known for attracting countless monsters. The white strings that came out of him stretched further and gathered deep within the roots of a nearby tree. She couldn’t tell the numbers of monsters gathering beneath it.
“There are monsters sleeping nearby. They’re very vicious, I don’t want to be here when they wake up. It will be hard for us to reinvent the place with them being close but we can’t give up.”
They looked at the sky as one of their super scanners pa.s.sed by. Gwanjae was flying in one of them. It had a machine gun just in case a monster gets in their way and he even had an escort team on standby.
—Main standby, start the securing strategy… Move into formation.
—Move!
Five super scanners flew high into the sky before they started to move towards their planned location.
“Deokcheon has been scanned, there were Dakosu monsters there. They look friendly in the Alousu but they’re actually very dangerous.”
“So they’re here.”
“We also need to have a good escape plan. Thousands of workers will be working and camping out here. We have to keep them safe… Jaehw.a.n.g”
“Yes?”
“Were going to have to start planning a recovery operation in five days… Your level is much higher than mine. Besides me and some of the others, everyone else will stay. What do you think? Gwanjae said nervously and Jaehw.a.n.g gave him a nod.
“You’re going to the highest of extremes. Aren’t you being a little too greedy?” Jaehw.a.n.g asked and Gwanjae started to laugh.
“Haha, why are you asking me this?” Gwanjae knew it because of his strength increase.
Jaehw.a.n.g was strong before but he was curious on just how much stronger he had gotten after leveling up. He planned to keep pretending that he didn’t notice but it was impossible not to notice.
Jaehw.a.n.g currently had his second level hybrid license from when he just registered back in college. It was rare for someone of Jaehw.a.n.g’s age to receive their hunter license so early and there’s a chance that his name would be well known when their plan comes into fruition.
“First let’s wait a bit before you guys get started”
“Yes, sir!” The others replied as Gwanjae spoke through the headset.
—The perimeter has been secured, get ready and drop the parachute!
—Parachute dropped!
All of the instructions were explained though their headset as the scanners opened up a square box down below. They were one meter long and three meters tall. The boxes then grew 30 centimeters wide and revealed a few sets of explosives inside of them. The pilot of the scanner pressed a b.u.t.ton the carpet bombing began.
Kw.a.n.g kw.a.n.g kw.a.n.g!!!
Five scanners flew from the sky like an air show and the boxes exploded at the moment it hit the ground. The impact wiped away the trees and the ruins in its wake.
They heard a few cries of the monsters that they had bombed until the smoke had died down. The fallen leaves and the giant trees that covered the entire area was now in flames. A lot of monsters around them let out a painful shriek even though they were still yet to start their attack.
—Disgraceful. What is that?
—A Dakosu monster. They’re one of the only monsters to escape extinction from all of the others that came through the same gate years ago.
He learned a lot about the history of the monsters while he was in the academy and since then, everything had changed. The monsters in the Alousu and the Dakosu considered each other as enemies. They hated sharing their territories and there were some cases where they fought for it.
The humans prepared for their a.s.sault as the monsters took their time to recover from their blow.
However, their strength wasn’t so great in comparison to the numbers of their enemy. It was even a huge disadvantage for them to enter the narrow grounds of North Korea which was pestered by their kind.
“It’s been so long since I’ve seen this place!” Gwanjae stood up, he stretched out his arms and cracked his knuckles. “Jaehw.a.n.g, is the bus ready?”
“Yes. All the weapons on there are also loaded and prepared.”
“Great. Well, let’s get started.” Gwanjae said. Jaehw.a.n.g then nodded his head and jumped out of the flying scanner with his parachute with Gwanjae following his lead.
“We’re almost there!”
The flew through the air as they waited for the right time to open their parachutes.
“It’s been awhile since I’ve done something this exciting!” Gwanjae shouted.
[Skill activation]
Woosh…
Gwanjae pulled the parachute string and landed onto the ground. They landed in an area that spans 100 meters in diameter.
Jiiijjiijii
They heard the sound of leaves moving on the ground and soon, hundreds and thousands of animals began to appear.
“There’s animals all over the place!”
Everyone stopped and stood in place as that was the best thing to do in this situation. Jaehw.a.n.g raised his bow and shot an arrow. It hit the monster but it didn’t do much.
Gwanjae then followed up and began his attack.
Jiijiijjjii…
Jaehw.a.n.g’s hands turned red as he prepared to launch an arrow. He began to understand how his energy works and he was now able to use it now much better than before.
—Looks like that old guy planned something too. I’ll help.
[Archery skill activated]
Jaehw.a.n.g started to glow. The red light that shone behind him made it look as if he had the wings of a bird.
[Unknown energy +1 Increase.]
[Unknown skill energy +500 Increase.]
[Unknown energy recovery rate +10 percent increase.]
WIth the help of the spirit, his skills had increased a few points and he could now much stronger blows. Even his arrows had grown strong.
***
[Territory Reclaim Project D-3]
Three days have pa.s.sed since they had started their operation and things were going great so far.
Also, during midday of that day, the representative of the Korean Hunter a.s.sociation made an announcement about the project. They praised the project and even said that they would hold an event to honor it. They also promised to help them renovate the area as well as to lend their hand with the tragedy that happened in Justin Point.
—That representative… He said that they would like to help with the renovation. Are we really going to trust him?…
Mr. Hw.a.n.g said through the headset in response to the announcement. Everyone their own reaction towards what the representative had said.
***
The sound of an old miniature tree falling rumbled across the area right after it was cut down.
“We need to take out this weed.”
“Yes. We’re finally starting to see some great progress. We can finish up a little more and then prepare for the event.”
“Do we have to attend the event?”
“Of course we have to. Gwanjae would be angry if we all didn’t attend.”
“Maybe if we all don’t attend this one then we don’t have to worry about them bothering us with events like this in the future. Protecting this territory is already difficult enough.”
“Finally, his true colors have been revealed.”
Reclaiming Territory, The end.