Chapter 43 - No Time (3)

No Time (3)

“What did you do?”

Il-hyun looked down at Phoenix.

All the etheric energy he couldn’t absorb was sucked into the bird’s body.

Thanks to him, he was able to live, but he never thought he could eat the ether.

Il-hyun grabbed Phoenix with both hands towards the front of his face and looked back and forth.

Whether it was a burden, Phoenix fluttered and shook his body, but it was not enough to continuously shake him.

“Nothing has changed… Are you okay?”

Phoenix nodded with his mouth wide open.

It didn’t look like his aura or appearance felt changed.

I was worried about what could happen after he ate the ether, but suddenly I didn’t feel the need to be in a hurry.

Kugugung!

At that time, Togg’s body shook violently.

When the core broke, the guy’s body lost its balance, and it collapsed to one side.

“Oh, I’ve got to go out.”

If it were to simply fall, the body of the awakened Il-hyun would not be seriously injured, but the problem was that the body of the Togg itself was completely collapsing.

There was a large crack on the floor, and the rocks from the ceiling fell.

If this place collapses completely, it is impossible to expect your body to be strong.

“Ugh!”

Suddenly, something was pulling him from underneath as he tried to find a way out.

Il-hyun, who was sucked under the floor, was embarrassed for a moment, but he comforted himself.

What he’d experienced many times has been Ghost’s ability.

The two translucent figures descended on Togg’s legs as they rolled on the floor.

Kuung!

The body of Togg who was in the other monster’s body, completely collapsed.

Even at the moment of his death, he swallowed streets and buildings, shook the ground, and blasted tremendous dirt.

Il-hyun lowered his arms to the dirt and turned his head.

The other Togg was also after Lee Soo-yeon’s life, and the monsters pouring out from both sides were losing power as they scattered on the floor.

The gate has already disappeared.

“It’s over,” Il-hyun sighed.

Ghost who brought him out placed his sword in his scabbard, his hand on his waist.

“It’s been very loud from the start of the cycle.”

An A-rank gate appeared as soon as the fifth cycle begins.

Given that Aegis was right next door, considering that it was a surprise gate that appeared in a large city, the casualties were minimal, but the city was completely messed up.

“But this is not within the expected range.”

Lee Soo-yeon and Seok Pil-jun came to both of them.

All four of them were messing up their faces by turning the dust all over during the operation.

“Good work. Congratulations for beating your first opponent of A rank monster. You did better than I thought. It’s probably the shortest record I’ve heard of? It’s been less than a month since I joined the team, so I get to catch all of those guys,” Lee Soo-yeon glanced at the collapsed, dog-like Il-hyun.

Of course, one star who could immediately locate the core had good reciprocity, and it was possible because it was a defensive monster.

Nonetheless, no one was able to dominate Togg by growing so fast like Il-hyun.

“Haha, I was lucky.”

“But the bird……” Lee Soo-yeon pointed  behind her head.

In addition to her, Seok Pil-jun and Ghost were kept their eyes toward them.

Il-hyun was confused and looked up—red wings caught his eye.

“Miss, I’m surprised! What are you?” Surprised Il-hyun jumped and cried.

There was a red phoenix sitting on his head.

Of course, it was Phoenix who thought that the summon would have been lifted as Togg’s collapsed body.

Because of Ghost’s instinct, he didn’t even know that he was out of his mind.

“Fuhaha, are you also doing a gag?”

“Hmm……”

His teammates laughed at his actions.

Even Seok Pil-jun couldn’t stop the blush that accompanied his smile, but Il-hyun knocked the man in his head down with his arm.

“Strange……”

No matter how insane it was, he was feeling connected with the Summoner like he’s still holding the summon.

However, it was hardly felt now, and above all, it didn’t take any force to maintain the Summon.

“Just go in. You’ve worked hard.”

Il-hyun tried to lift Phoenix’s summons.

As usual, the connection with the summoner is disrupted and the form is disturbed.

Well? Il-hyun’s eyebrows got shaken by a strange feeling.

Phoenix’s shape was not disturbed at all.

Tak Tak!

He bounced his finger, but he was just staring at him.

Surely……?

* * *

The gate was opened in the capital city, and it was so large that the Aegis squad, as well as the Spanish government, were working on the site of the scene where the monsters were overpowered.

Thousands of people have been busy in the controlled field, and team members have not left.

“Hmm, so this guy ate the ether in the core?” Lee Soo-yeon, standing opposite Il-hyun, looking interestingly at the bird.

In the arms of Lee Soo-yeon, Phoenix embraced her hand gently.

The flame surrounding the body disappeared, leaving only the shiny red feathers.

“Not all.”

Phoenix ate the core after Il-hyun absorbed a significant amount of ether.

Because of the rank A core, a lot of ether still remained.

“I would honestly like to ask if you’ve seen something wrong… I can’t guess because this is the first time I’ve encountered something like that… Well, in fact, the summoned owner lacks common sense.”

Lee Soo-yeon shrugged.

When the ability to put ether and absorb it like string was first discovered, the ability to summon something almost became useful.

However, the Summoners summoned by this ability absorbs the ether in the core.

He couldn’t even guess what the situation was.

“Here. I brought the item you asked for.”

“Ah! Thank you for busying yourself.”

Il-hyun was handed a core to an approaching man.

The man with a bulletproof vest was one of the members of the Aegis backup team dispatched with Team A.

Of course, he couldn’t fight the monsters directly from the body of the general public, but he was helping a lot from the invisible backside, such as controlling the surrounding scene and rescuing many people.

“Core? Where are you going to use it?”

“I have something I want to experiment it with.”

It was only an E rank because it was the core of the backup team of a backup team with heavy equipment using ether.

He didn’t have a place to find a core right now, and it was perfect for a small experiment.

He picked up a piece of cement rolling on the floor to see if it came off the building.

He sized it to fit snugly in one hand.

One mouse was quickly transformed into his other hand.

Squeak!

The mouse stood around at about two feet.

Lee Soo-yeon and Phoenix watched him from the side.

That was his reason he had seen so far.

Il-hyun brought the core to a rattling mouse.

The mouse sniffed and almost only took one core of its own body, before noticing Il-hyun.

Il-hyun saw himself in the eyes of the little guy as he nodded silently.

Then, the mouse bites the core.

So awesome!

There were small teeth marks on the fragile core.

At the same time, it cracked gradually, making a crackling noise, before completely breaking.

The white light stem of the ether inside the core began to penetrate into the mouse’s body.

“Oh my gosh,” Lee Soo-yeon murmured, the doubt crossing her eyes.