Hyun-Jae nodded her head as she picked up her bag and followed after him. Meanwhile, the guards were instructed by Sophie to bring the vehicles along with them.
"Why don't you let me bring wherever you're intending to go, Talon?" Sophie asked confusedly.
"Moving on foot is faster than those cars." He replied.
"Oh... Wow, how strong are you? I couldn't see your movements when you stole their weapons."
"Well, I'm trying my best." He replied as he shook his head.
"He is the strongest human alive," Hyun-Jae spoke. "By a long mile too."
"What? How can you know for sure? There could be far stronger people than me out there."
"Am I supposed to believe that there is another human out there that can kill a giant sea Kraken with one single attack and survive?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
"... Ok, you have a point," Talon replied as he realized he couldn't retort at all to her words.
He also suspected that no one else on earth rivaled him in terms of strength. After all, Acrypha had told him that his talent was one of a kind even by the standards of the Higher Dimensions. So, if someone of his level existed on earth then there was something wrong going on.
"What?! A Kraken?! Those exist?" Sophie blurted out in shock. "Oh my god! I didn't know you were already that amazing, Talon!"
Out of excitement, Sophie jumped on his back as she hugged his neck.
"Hey..." Talon murmured.
'She has always been touchy. Though, she had never touched my face before for some reason.' Talon thought to himself with a frown.
"Get off," Hyun-Jae spoke coldly, putting all of her aura on Sophie.
"Hmm, no~"
"This isn't the place nor the time to play around. We need to reach the warehouse." She replied coldly. "Unless you don't take things seriously, then you're as good as a dead weight."
Her words were harsh and blunt. So much so that it made Sophie's smiley face flinch for a moment before she released Talon and landed on her feet.
"Ok..."
The two glared at each other secretly while Talon's eyes wandered away from the duo as he noticed something.
"Hey, Hyun-Jae."
"Hm?"
"Did we clear this street?" He asked.
"Yeah, a few days ago. Chin-Hwa and his group took care of it, why?"
Hearing that, Talon squinted his eyes as he slowly channeled his Aetheris and summoned the two Aetherial Blades.
The moment the strings fell on them, Sophie clasped her hands again.
*Swish*
Almost instantly, the strings dissected the rats with ease. The creatures were turned into small cubes of disgusting flesh. All of them died at the same time.
"Nice!"
'Interesting power.' Hyun-Jae thought to herself. 'Her stringers are extremely sharp.'
"Good job, Sophie," Talon said as he killed the last few rats.
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"You're pretty strong yourself." He said.
"Are you proud of me?" She asked with a smile as she approached him.
"Yeah, you did great." He replied before he turned around. "Now, if this isn't weird. I'm pretty sure we cleared the entire area. Where did they come from?"
"We didn't check the underground sewers system. That's probably where they came from."
"Oh, but why did they show up now? Most of these rats are gigantic, they definitely look mature." Talon said as he crouched down and inspected one of them with his eyes.
"Did they smell our presence?" Sophie asked.
"Could be... I guess this is a good reminder to check the sewer systems."
'Damn, that's going to be a whole other problem to solve now. Might hinder our plans a little. But, we can't let any sewer dwellers live under Seoul.' He thought to himself as he turned around.
"For now, let's go back. We will check the underground later. It's going to take some time if we want to make sure they're completely clean."
"Yeah," Hyun-Jae replied.
"Wait, I have been hearing both of you talking about clearing Seoul. Are you really trying to do that?"
"We're trying to turn the entire city into a base. It's a long mission that we've been working on for over a week now. It might take a few months though."
"Wow, that's an ambitious plan. If you clear Seoul, this place will become the biggest human base in South Korea and even in Asia."
"Right... So you did get in contact with the outside world, I assume?" Talon asked.
"Yeah, we did get some news from neighboring countries. But, Europe and the rest of the continents are still a mystery to us."
'So I was right on the bullseye when I suspected that Human Society is already in contact with the outside world. I will have to keep that in mind once we reach them.' Talon mused.
"Let's leave."
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