Chapter 298

Episode 298 [Remaining Stories (1)]

The Seoul sky was full of clouds.

It was an ordinary cloud that did not contain mana.

Because of the clouds that had been building since morning, it was raining all over Seoul.

However, none of the people gathered at Gwanghwamun Square used umbrellas or raincoats.

Hundreds of thousands of people dressed in black.

Even though so many people had gathered, a solemn atmosphere was maintained in Gwanghwamun Square and the surrounding streets, which were closed to traffic.

People went up to the podium one by one, gave eulogies, and then came down.

The President, various government officials, and representatives of the bereaved families.

Numerous cameras were filming people giving eulogy.

Cameras from all broadcasting stations in Korea and each country in the Eurasian Union were all pointed at the podium.

A new person has come up to the podium.

President of the Korean Awakened Association.

He was the awakened person most respected by Korean and Eurasian union awakeners, and the awakened person most trusted by the general public through numerous interviews and a sound life.

President of the Awakened Association. As Jinhyuk stood on the podium, he heard a small whisper in his head.

-Go for it!

It was Seolyeon’s telepathy.

Jinhyuk smiled slightly.

He immediately erased his smile and looked ahead.

A lot of people were watching him.

Some people looked at him with different expressions, but most people had sad faces. These were people who lost family and friends to monsters.

Jinhyuk opened his mouth.

“It’s been a year since the last wave that killed countless people and toppled countries.”

His words spread throughout Gwanghwamun through speakers.

And it was captured on a broadcasting station camera and spread across the country.

To the countless people gathered at the memorial hall in each city, to each city in the Eurasian Union that suffered great damage that day.

Today was the 1st anniversary of the Baekdu Mountain Wave.

Baekdu Mountain Wave.

Two countries in the Eurasian Union. It was a wave in which the independent states of North Korea and Manchuria fell, and Korea, Russia, Mongolia, and the divided Chinese countries suffered great damage.

Of course, the previous global wave caused greater damage to the entire world, but the Baekdu Mountain Wave caused a greater shock to the Eurasian Union.

It was a wave in which countless people died.

Moreover, there was one more reason to commemorate that day.

Jinhyuk continued.

“Many people died, and countless soldiers and awakened people gave their lives to protect their families and country.”

The images of his colleagues who left before him flashed through Jinhyeok’s mind.

“And thanks to everyone’s sacrifice, we can finally dream of a world without monsters.”

When the fight was over and Gyeong-hoon told him that no more monsters would appear, he and no one else could believe it.

However, a year later, no more monsters have appeared.

From that day on, fighting monsters was completely different. It was not a war of attrition that continued to increase no matter how many people were killed.

Jinhyuk looked around at the people.

Hundreds of thousands of people dressed in black were seen, and the awakened members of the Association were visible at the front.

However, the awakened people wearing black body armor that had been fighting together were nowhere to be seen.

At some point, EV awakeners became invisible.

I knew the reason, but I couldn’t help but feel disappointed.

Jinhyuk held the microphone with his regrown hand. He raised his voice to the people watching him.

“But the fight is not over yet...”

*

[...We must fight until the last monster left on this earth, no, on this earth disappears!]

Electronic display installed in Red Square, Moscow Even in Seoul, images of Jinhyeok delivering a eulogy were flowing out.

There were many people here in Red Square.

Tens of thousands of Moscow citizens filled the square, and government officials sat right in front of the podium, watching the video and the ceremony.

Russia, which suffered less damage than other countries, was closer to a victory ceremony than a memorial ceremony.

Perhaps that was why President Bykov and his daughter Rosalia, who were sitting among government officials, were talking in a whisper.

And several cameras were filming the scene.

The friendly conversation between the charismatic president who saved Russia from crisis and his daughter, whom the Russian people love the most, was perfect for the front page of the evening news.

*

Time passed and the memorial service came to an end.

Jin Xiawei, who participated in the memorial service, met CEO Hyerin on the way to the parking lot.

Hyerin, as always, was surrounded by the president and entourage.

“Are you leaving?”

The bosses who recognized Jin Xiawei bowed their heads to her.

It seemed strange to see older, prestigious CEOs bowing their heads to young women, but now neither Jin Xiawei nor Hye-lin were concerned.

“Yes, I plan to go.”

“okay.”

It seemed like a normal conversation on the outside, but the content inside was a little different than it seemed.

“Then what do you plan to do with the company?”

“I decided to leave it to someone else. After all, management wasn’t my job. “The number of monsters is decreasing, so it’s difficult to create new products here.”

In response to Jin Xiawei’s answer, Hyerin nodded with a gloomy face.

“I decided to stay. “There must be someone to protect the companies he founded.”

Jin Xiawei also nodded at Hyerin’s words.

However, contrary to appearances, Jin Xiawei did not believe her words.

It was all just an excuse.

It was clear that SG Electronics and SG Group would run well even without her.

He said he was staying for Kyung-hoon, but in reality, he was only staying for her.

Even now, countless people were following Hyerin.

Before, Hye-rin blindly followed Gyeong-hoon, but as time passed, the place changed.

But Jin Xiawei didn’t say anything to Hyerin.

In any case, the shareholding structure did not change from before, and the owners of SG Electronics and the group did not change.

It’s just that Hyerin decided to take a different path.

“I’ll see you later then.”

Jin Xiawei bowed lightly and turned away.

“Oh wait...”

Hye-rin stretched out her hand toward Jin Xia-wei, who was leaving, but in the end was unable to catch her.

The back of a man appeared overlapping Jin Xia-wei’s increasingly smaller figure.

Hye-rin bit her lip. She She couldn’t just shake off and leave like Jin Xiawei.

Anyway, the things she could do were only useful here.

“Let’s go.”

Hyerin lowered her head and walked to the other side.

People rushed after Hyerin.

Tears fell at her feet as she walked.

*

A few hours later. Jin Xiawei was standing in a large underground square.

It was a square with patterns painted all over the floor.

The pattern drawn on the floor was very similar to the portal Manazine used a moment ago.

Jin Xiawei and Isabelle were standing on top of the pattern.

“Everyone else went well, right?”

“Yes, it passed without any problems.”

In response to Isabelle’s answer, Jin Xiawei nodded with a stern expression.

“Are you ready?”

In response to Isabelle’s next question, Jin Xiawei forced her head to nod.

“Then let’s go.”

Kwagwagwagwa!

As Isabel spread her hands wide, black smoke began to gather on the floor filled with patterns.

Jin Xiawei looked frightened as she saw the ground beneath her feet turning black.

Moving through space is scary, but moving through dimensions.

I trusted Kyung-hoon and Isabel, but I felt like I made the wrong choice.

But it was already too late.

The black smoke turned into a hole and instantly sucked in the people standing on the pattern.

Both Jin Xiawei and Isabel disappeared into the hole.

The two people left the Ulleungdo underground base to another dimension.

In the underground basement where people disappeared, only robots were moving.