Chapter 46 - The Raw Meal (1)

The Raw Meal (1)

A world map was unfolded like a hologram on a table.

Numerous marked numbers soared simultaneously.

At the same time, the color of the map rose red, regardless of where in Asia, Europe or Africa.

Not only high-ranked gates, but gates of all series and ranks have increased rapidly.

“This is……” Lee Seok-jin looked down on the hologram, appeared sullen.

Gates have more than doubled over a stable period, increasing to the ranks everyone has been through for years.

It was scheduled to some extent as the risk cycle came.

But this cycle was more than that.

The surprise gate rate has also increased, and the overall time it takes to activate it has been reduced. The number of strange objects with abilities increased, and above all, the number of gates……

“I’ll return. I was preparing for retirement,” said Lee Seok-jin as he shrugged his head and sighed.

He was planning to retire soon as a team leader for Team R, which was packed two days ago, to respond to the risk cycle.

As he was struggling with his life, the life of the Awakener was just a small job.

Of course, some wanted to stay as long as possible. They wanted to enjoy the reputation and the life that followed as a high-ranking Awakener.

Anyway, after a few years of work, it’s money. If you don’t spend a lot of time, money comes to them, but it can’t be used forever.

“Don’t do that, let’s finish this for five more years.”

“There… Five years later, I will the same age as the representative,” Lee Seok-jin laughed at the words of Ryu Jin-tae, the representative of Aegis that stood in front of him.

Ryu Jin-tae, who has never held it against anyone before, smiled and said, “I’m sorry. But what can I do about this?”

“But I think it’s been five years. At the beginning of the risk cycle, how much does it sink in a week even if it soars all at the same time? Usually this has never been a problem, but…”

Although it’s beyond common sense, it had always been the same as the highest gate generation for 1-2 weeks as the time of the cycle change.

“Well, will it really shrink?” Ryu Jin-tae responded with a hurry.

Four cycles in the past 20 years, only two of which are risky.

His story had been a hypothesis then until much more data was accumulated, and he experienced it himself.

“I don’t know. Perhaps… I should go back to the scene again.”

* * *

Summoner Independence.

This incident, which happened by accidentally absorbing the core, kept the person summoned even if you weren’t using it directly.

It was thought the connection between the core and the summoner was loosened as much as the moving core.

However, the opposite was exact.

The two spirits continued, rather than being disconnected, but more reliable, more flexible, and freer.

“A little further down,” Il-hyun murmured.

A completely different landscape was shining on one side of his view as he was gazing at the broken road.

The overlooking city Phoenix saw while he was flying in the sky.

The view was shared with Il-hyun, and it was vivid and bright.

“See…”

Flame-based monsters that are burning all over their bodies quickly stood out even from the vantage view in the sky.

There was nothing to say about the huge giant.

A total of three Ace Monsters along with their locations were all captured by Il-hyun.

They were the most dangerous monsters, so he had to be concerned for them the most.

Fortunately, it is not dangerous here yet. Il-hyun thought to check the location of the monsters in the center.

The river crossing the city was around this area, and the mob was quite extensive with several bridges.

Furthermore, the rivers and bridges served as GPS and communicators.

They were flame-based monsters, and even you use your common sense, it was thought that their group would cross the river without any problems.

Ideally, it would be best to stop each leg from going further.

If the monsters got scattered more than that, the probation could be severe at a reasonably high level.

The isolated Awakenings inside were also gathering by groups to see if some thought the same.

Local awakened people who have been dispatched have already been destroyed.

The monster’s unexpected ability that neutralized the Ether sword and the defense coat was now forced to be helpless.

It was impossible to block the front of the gate with only Il-hyun and the survivors.

It wasn’t long before the incident happened, but fortunately, no monsters were trying to cross the bridge since their arrival.

It’s probably because they’re destroying and hurting the people in the city.

Anyway, Il-hyun’s currently sorting out the monsters trying to spread out from the west side of the city without the use of the river.

“Where’s the blue guy……” Il-hyun muttered as he changed his view.

The field of view of the Phoenix in his head receded on his other hand, and this time, it was toward where the mouse’s eyes were facing.

The small park where people would typically rest caught its view that’s almost attached to the ground.

There was a giant swallowing up the trees standing there.

On the rough side, it was almost the same as the previous Ace Monster, but it was quite different on second glance.

It had blue flames all over its body.

Everything that touched his body was quickly frozen and destroyed.

Il-hyun was the person to have seen it for the first time, but even at a glance, he could see that he wasn’t at a level he couldn’t handle.

As for the guys who felt danger, they have a separate tail.

There’s no one I need to see… I’ve already met you.

Mutant monsters appear very rarely.

Before the mutation, it was more durable than the existing monsters, and it was not even detected by the analyzer.

Because of this gate, the analysis wasn’t entirely correct, and if he included him, he would have received at least an A5 rank.

The location is slightly above, but it’s still okay. It’s not a mess. Il-hyun shook his head.

In Europe, three A-rank gates were opened simultaneously.

They probably couldn’t figure out that they had lost contact with the outside, but other regions already did. That meant that the support at the scene where Il-hyun was going could be much slower.

I have no choice but to come as soon as possible.

Il-hyun clutched his sword again.

All he could do right now was to stop the damage as much as possible.

At that time, while Il-hyun was looking elsewhere, flame hounds suddenly approached him.

He stood silently, silently, silently and silently with no blockage looking for him.

Wicked!

Il-hyun turned to the side and lightly hounded two hounds.

Moreover, Il-hyun was predicting the path in advance and standing there knowing that the monster heading west would come here.

Some kind of surprise can’t be eaten.

Yum!

More than twenty hounds barked and ran fiercely.

However, Il-hyun didn’t use his ability. He quickly processed one by one, and only the bodies of monsters increased.

Dump!

The separated head and body of the hunting dog passed through his blade and rolled down the floor as the burning flame extinguished.

In an instant, there were only three monsters left.

The rest of them were positioned to sneak away, but Il-hyun wasn’t moving even one step from the spot.

Bang!

The wall fell off like an explosion happened, and a wolf jumped out of the gap.

The big wolf stepped and crushed both heads of the monsters with its feet. He then devoured the remaining hounds.

They didn’t even resist as the wolf chewed their entire body as well as the core inside.

The black blood dripped their fierce cry low.

Purr!

A guy with a gray hair blowing and looking fabulous looked down at Il-hyun proudly.

However, Il-hyun was tumultuous. He bit his lips and raised his hand on his waist.

“Hey, I told you not to eat the core. You didn’t listen, didn’t you?”

“Kiying……”