Chapter 278

Chapter 278

A Clue (2)

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It was 2 hours before the clan meeting started when I realized the seriousness of this incident.

Choi Yoo-min, a special category Holder who was a founding member and had deep ties with me.

And among the three juniors who had gained quite a reputation as the ‘Freshman Trio’... No, to be exact, only two of the juniors, Song Hyun-a and Park Yoon-seo.

The situation changed when they simultaneously came to the master room.

“Please... Please help me, Jae-hyun.”

Choi Yoo-min pleaded with me, tears in her eyes.

Her younger sister, who was also a junior I had entrusted with a few alchemy-related requests... Choi Arin had been implicated in this <Jongno District Holder Serial Kidnapping Case>.

The estimated date was the day before yesterday.

She reportedly hadn’t returned after saying she was going to do a direct trade related to magic stones.

Her closest friends, Song Hyun-a and Park Yoon-seo, also testified about her disappearance, making Choi Arin’s kidnapping almost a foregone conclusion.

‘...Those damn bastards, really.’

And as I heard the details, I found it hard to hide my rising anger.

The Ludenark Sect, which I had vaguely considered a group of evil to be pursued.

I didn’t expect them to make the first move like this.

Whether they intended it or not, the thought that someone close to me had suddenly fallen victim made my blood boil.

Moreover, since they were beings from another world, they seemed to have even less hesitation in their indiscriminate criminal acts.

“Holder Han Sang-jin is the temporary planning team leader of the Evil Hunter Clan. Please oversee the plan and organization of this rescue operation.”

“...Me?”

“Yes, we don’t have time.”

I assigned Han Sang-jin as the clan’s temporary planning team leader.

He was a training category Holder who had been with me since <Ripple Raid>.

I had been keeping an eye on his unique analytical and judgment skills since he was a member of the Raidforce.

Although he’s a Holder who can be of sufficient help in direct combat, he’s also specialized in handling internal clan work, making him perfect for this temporary position.

“It’s fixed that the Master, along with Holder Yoo Eun-seol, will take on the role of Vice Master.”

Han Sang-jin was surprised when first assigned the role, but soon regained his composure and offered opinions on the temporary organization of clan members.

Most of the organization was rational.

As the founder, I was naturally the Master.

The Vice Master is Yoo Eun-seol, the only S-grade and the strongest in the clan.

And for the team leaders of the temporary organization assigned to carry out the operation, clan members who could be called the most veteran in each category were selected.

Hunt Team 1 was led by Yoo Eun-seol, who also held the Vice Master position, Team 2 by Lim Hyun, Team 3 by Jeong Seon-young, and Team 4 by Kim A-reum.

They were all skilled individuals I had put the most effort into recruiting.

But for the leader of Team 5, a question mark appeared in my head without me realizing it.

“...You want to put Jin-woo as the leader of Team 5?

“That’s right.

Han Sang-jin boldly pushed for Park Jin-woo’s team leader position.

If Park Jin-woo found out, he’d probably say ‘That bastard Do Jae-hyun is at it again’, but this appointment wasn’t my sole decision.

“Is there really a need for that? There are many other veteran Holders too.”

“It’s an absolutely necessary process.”

“...Why?”

“Because currently, half of Evil Hunter’s clan members are filled with student Holders.”

Student Holders are clan members that are like the identity of <Evil Hunter>.

It’s good for them to learn under veteran clan members and fill in their inexperienced parts, but it’s also important for them to be active with freshness as a weapon and breathe vitality into the clan.

I declared to the clan members while holding the compass tightly.

“The preparation deadline is until tomorrow morning. All clan members assigned to the hunting team are requested to gather at the clan tower with preparations to engage in battle immediately. The first goal of this operation is to rescue all the victims first.”

The specific details of the operation and team assignments have been conveyed.

What remains is to follow the clues left by Choi Arin...

To find where the victims and enemies are.

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Ippotranslation

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The next morning.

All members of <Evil Hunter> gathered.

In fact, it’s extremely rare for Holders to be kidnapped, so there was a high probability that investigation teams would be formed by the association and each clan, but anyway, the initial investigation was our clan’s responsibility.

We started tracking from the clan tower.

The performance of the [Magic Tracking Compass] was quite good.

At first, it only pointed in a simple direction, but as we got closer to where Choi Arin was predicted to be, additional signals appeared.

Of course, these are unusual traces of magic that ordinary people can’t grasp, but for archer class Holders with search-type runes, this level was a piece of cake.

And.

“Master, it’s here.”

Said an archer class Holder from hunting team 1.

A clan member in charge of accurate location tracking with the compass.

In the direction she pointed...

There was a rough and hard ground.

A cross-section with nothing around it.

I quietly looked at that place.

Since the enemies wouldn’t have dug a tunnel here...

“It’s the entrance to a dungeon.”

“Yes, it’s definitely a medium for entering a dungeon.”

It’s a moment when another secret is revealed.

After I revealed the information about the Ludenark faction.

The Holder Association had been steadily searching for them, but couldn’t find a single clue.

It was an obvious story.

‘...Because they were in a dungeon.’

It was somewhat expected from the moment it was said that beings from another world were active in this world.

They probably have something to do with the dungeon generation process, like the ‘Adaptors’ Baraten tribe or the ‘Transcenders’ Dragons.

And unlike them.

They are free to enter and exit dungeons.

The result of that was now before our eyes.

I spoke quietly among the clan members surrounding the area.

“...We’re going in.”

“Yes!”

Now it was time to confirm their true nature.



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