Chapter 7
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“What a mess.”, muttered Haneul.
When he arrived to the battlefield, all he could see were wreckages of broken buildings and streets that were ripped open. It wasn’t a busy street, but there were still a lot of change from when the neon lights were blinking with many cars bustling about.
Haneul looked around his vicinity.
It was in order to capture the monster aura’s around him.
‘Am I too late?’
Haneul shockingly crossed over 30km in less than 10 minutes to reach his destination. His body level transcended his previous by leaps and bounds. However, Haneul was still unable to understand his true level of abilities.
He felt that there was a possibility that everything was already finished due to him being late, and continued to run around frantically.
Haneul could feel the aura of the monsters that came out from Murray’s earthquake. He wasn’t sure as to how long he’s been running around for, but he could feel a familiar aura from a distance not too far from him. It was an aura that was much greater than the Reptile’s that he fought previously. However, the special patterns radiating from the aura wasn’t much different from the Reptile’s.
“Of course, that’s to be expected.”
Haneul ran towards the huge aura and was soon able to see his adversary.
“Wow, that thing is huge.”
It was a being that was the size of an average building and it was obvious that it was a monster. However, when compared to his previous experience, it was a monster that was 3 times bigger.
Right when he was about to head towards the monster, he noticed that it was fighting with someone else already.
BOOOM!!
The Giant took a few steps back and fell. Suddenly, a huge boulder rose up to the sky and dropped heavily onto the Giant.
It was a shocking sight.
‘Amazing.’
Haneul was able to feel the thin layer of magic that was wrapped around that huge boulder.
Psychic President was at that location.
“What a stubborn fellow. Only good thing about it is it’s life force.”
The Giant wasn’t p.r.o.ne to falling down easily. Even modern firearms did nothing to the monsters that came out from earthquakes, let alone indirect damage. When compared with the other monsters, the Giant was much more superior in ability and endurance.
“OOOOOOO WUHHHHHHHHH!”
A shocking vibrant shout.
‘Is it because it’s a Level A earthquake that things are definitely different. Just looking at the monster visually, it was much stronger and more dangerous than the Reptiles.’
Haneul swallowed a dry spit. Whether it was the scale of the fight or the method, it was too big of a gap from his experience.
‘s.h.i.t, the Organization must have gotten something wrong. There’s no way that I’m a Rank A hero. No, even if I was, isn’t it suicide to send me on a mission like this when I’m new?’
No matter how much Haneul thought about it, the way they handled people were too rough.
I’m still new, yet they didn’t even tell me what I should be expecting.
‘s.h.i.tty b.a.s.t.a.r.ds, just cause it’s not their own life they use us how ever they want to.’
Haneul received a manual for a Rank C fights, but none for any of the ranks above that.
Reason?
It was simple. There was no way for a newby to be fighting in anything above a Rank C fight.
Whatever the reason, Haneul showed outstanding skills at Central South recently, and officially registered with the Organization while rating his latent powers.
The result? He was established as a Rank A hero.
In that situation, an earthquake hit. As it turned out to be a Level A earthquake, the hectic Organization had no choice but to send out all of their reinforcements. Haneul was unlucky to be registered as a Rank A hero and was sent out to fight.
As Haneul didn’t know the truth, his only choice was to blend in with the veteran heroes and survive through this ordeal.
‘Huh? Who are you?!”
As Haneul slightly peeked out from an alley way, someone was rushing towards him.
Haneul coughed and stated, “I am a hero.”
‘What’s wrong with my voice?’
Haneul just noticed how thick his voice came out. The thick voice seemed to be one of the functions of his armor.
‘I’m loving this thing more and more.’
The man tilted his head and reached Haneul’s location. Seeing him up close, this man was tall with a mountain like body. He looked like a true man.
“Hmm, you’re a hero I’ve never seen before. Any who, I’m glad you came. The fact that you’re hero proves that you’re also a Rank A hero. Now, hurry and move! Starting now, we’re going to move toward the shelter!”
“Huh? What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“There’s no time to explain everything! Time does not wait for the youth!”
Where is this ‘youth’ coming from……
“Now listen. Not long ago, the shelter was attacked. Those stupid monsters, as cunning as they are were using diversion tactics on us. The monster’s main force are currently at this location, and because we were short staffed I was going to head to the shelter myself. But, I’m glad to have found a tardy hero. No point in going there when they have more manpower, so we should be able to end this a lot quicker since you’re also here.”
“Hold on a minute. Shelter? You’re saying there are people at the shelter right now?”
“Why are you asking such an obvious question? We don’t have time. You nameless hero! Hurry and start moving!”
At that moment, Haneul’s facial expression inside his armor, changed.
The thoughts of him wanting to just survive this situation completely vanished.
“Where is the shelter located?”
The middle-aged man laughed as he nodded.
“Those are good eyes. Let’s go together. Ah, I forgot to ask you. What is your name?”
“Han……no, Silver Knight.”
“What an awesome name. You can call me Burning Soul.”
The two heroes rushed forth. Thinking of the people’s lives, they quickly disappeared from their location.
Chapter 7 – End.