174 Daddy's too strong. Episode 173.

Quack, boom!

May 24, 2020.

An event occurred that affected the survival of the earth.

The great powers of the United States, China, Japan, Germany, France, etc. were annihilated.

at this moment

The final line of defense was being built around Seoul, the capital of Hunter's powerhouse South Korea.

dental floss

Bravo team. Respond.

a rare hero from Korea

The first Hunter, Gumje Lee Kang-hyun, was the deputy commander of the operation team.

An operation team divided into Alpha Team and Bravo Team. Jung Young-chul's lips were drying up as he watched the situation closely in the situation room of Hunter's management office and urged the Bravo team to report by radio.

Bravo Team. Come in!

But even after several requests.

Lee Kang-hyun didn't respond.

Only meaningless call requests continued.

Jung Young-chul did not want to believe the situation.

"......Director."

A staff member in the situation room murmured in despair.

The eight screens that appeared to be the Bravo team's emergency cam were all flashing.

That means that he was wiped out by the enemy.

"......."

Swoosh.

Turn your head to look at the situation of the Alpha Team.

Hunters from Alpha Team near Gangnam Station.

In one era, there were no bodies left of Class S and Class A hunters.

"......Jeginal!"

Burned to the bone by overwhelming dragon power.

Now, the only person left was Lee Do-joon. Jung Young-chul has decided to bet all his last hopes on "Director." For Lee Do-joon, who is stronger than No. 1 in Hunter's ranking, in fact the strongest man on Earth.

Oh, my God.

Dojun, who killed a dragon, was out of breath to his chin.

And now under threat, surrounded by seven dragons.

Kwoong!

Never seen before his eyes.

A man of overwhelming size who was different from other dragons appeared.

Blood-soaked red skin, huge wings to cover the perforation.

Two horns stretched out as long as the ceiling of the sky.

the number [1] engraved on the forehead

You've been hanging on for a long time on a trifling human subject.

Jiing!

Swordsman shot up from the blade Dojun was holding.

He put all the last remaining mana on the blade.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Bam!

Dojun kicked the ground and closed the help.

Jumped to Dragon No. 1 that appeared to be the rod of the Dragons.

Goodbye, King of the Earth.

Qua Qua Qua Qua Qua!

Flame holes shoot out of the dragon's mouth.

It's a skill called Bres, which killed S-hunters at once.

With a roar and an explosion, everything began to be swept away by flames.

It's a piece of cake!

By flashing the emergency cam that Dojun was wearing.

All the operational relay screens in the Hunter Management Office's Situation Room have been turned off.

***

Beep beep.

Beep beep.

"Huck!"

With the sound of the alarm, Jung Young-chul raised his upper body.

"... ...whoo."

a damp bed sheet

Jung Young-chul was drenched with sweat.

After reaching out and pressing the power button on the smartphone once to turn off the alarm sound that went off with the vibration, I stared blankly at the front.

The current time is 5:30 a.m.

"......was it a dream?"

I dreamed that the earth was destroyed by dragons that appeared all over the world.

The operations teams, which included a number of S-level rankers, were wiped out by one blow of the dragons' bres.

Lee Do-joon, who was believed to have been killed by Dragon Lord. Seoul has been swept away by a sea of fire, making it impossible to recover.

Argh!

Roll up the curtain and look at the whole view of Seoul as the sun is rising.

I know it's a dream, but I wanted to make sure with my eyes. That the earth is safe.

Jeong suddenly recalled two dragons that appeared in Bangbae-dong and Haeundae in Busan last time.

Since then the dragons have heard nothing, but the heightened anxiety was inevitable.

"Not like this."

***

That evening.

After finishing his meal, Dojun was on duty at home.

Scroll through portfolio data on the Hunters in charge.

Actually, it wasn't a set task.

It was a good way to manage each hunter individually because it objectified their combat power at a glance.

Took.

He looks over the data with his chin in his hand.

Awakening skills and levels of each hunter.

The trend of increasing mana through the strengthening of the body and the stats of strength, agility, and physical strength.

Hour look.

Do-joon, who took a sip of green tea.

I covered my laptop and got up from my seat.

When I went out to the living room, Seol Yoon-hee, Byul-yi and Carthiel were watching animation for children.

An animation starring Peng Kwon, who is known to be very popular with children these days.

Swoosh.

Keep one's eyes on the corner.

Hide behind the curtain and squat on the floor.

Yong-yong is looking at 100 won coins stretched out on the floor with his arms crossed.

Dojun was putting the cup down in the sink after drinking all the green tea.

Today I realized that Yong-yong didn't go to the supermarket.

"Tomorrow is surely...….

Yong Yong-yong with a pretty serious expression.

What else are you up to?

Dojun decided to turn off his nerves.

***

Chung canceled all his personal schedules today.

And early in the morning, he stopped by a research center at the Hunter Management Agency annex.

The research center covered all sorts of things related to Hunter.

The material of status window, awakening skill, monster, and byproduct were typical.

There were also several state-funded projects, one of which was related to dragons.

Ji-ying.

a research center divided by parts

Among them, Jung Young-chul, who entered the central research center called Jungyeon, immediately visited the center's director.

Choi Ho-chul, a former professor at the University of Pennsylvania, was a talented man who Jeong Young-chul personally went to New Jersey to scout him while working at the Princeton Advanced Institute of Science.

"Oh, sir."

"I'm sorry to barge in from the morning."

"It's all right."

Choi Ho-chul was vaguely guessing why he came.

"What if we don't have enough money for research?"

It makes the mood go away by making a fuss for no reason.

Choi Ho-chul shrugged and was taking out the data book he had prepared.

A man has entered the middle course.

Choi Ho-chul, who was printing data, naturally turned to the automatic door.

"You have a lot of customers since morning."

Choi Ho-chul smiled at Lee Kang-hyun.

"The last two dragons to appear at Haeundae BEXCO appeared without any warning. It's different from the Masallas incident, and the concern is that they didn't cause a crack."

"You mean it wasn't from another dimension, it was originally on Earth?"

"Yes, I told you before. "But given the size of the dragon, of course in that case, any citizen's tip-off or anything could easily have been found..."

Choi Ho-chul showed another data.

It was a video. Dragon No.9 appeared during the Umyeon Mountain S-class crack.

When the 9th Dragon, which caused the crack, paralyzed the road.

A video of a dragon suddenly appearing in the air.

[1] is engraved on the dragon's forehead, although the screen is broken and hard to see.

"I've been thinking about the possibility......... Perhaps the existence of dragons, unlike other monsters, is able to move in dimensions without causing cracks. It's a skill called teleportation in science fiction."

Choi Ho-chul was as serious as before.

It was the same for Jung Young-chul. If Choi Ho-chul's horse is capable of teleportation, wouldn't it mean that the dragon species can teleport anytime, anywhere and destroy the Earth?"

"Your whereabouts are still being tracked, but......... I hope you understand that there are no significant results."

"No, I wouldn't have been so worried if it had been so simple."

Swoosh.

Jung Young-chul looked at Lee Kang-hyun, who has been silent for a while.

He pokes his mouth like a dog that needs to go to the bathroom and notices.

However, when the eyes met, he jerked and turned his head, which made me feel a little strange today.

***

"I had a dream today."

"... ...dreaming?"

"It was a dream that the Dragons devastated the Earth. Neither the S-class hunters, nor you, nor the officer in charge, have they stopped the dragons. It was just a dream. It's just... ...but... It was so vivid. The reason why I came to Jungyeon today is because of that dream."

"......yeah, I see."

Lee Kang-hyun clouded his words.

"And the dragons that have appeared recently are number one and number nine. When I think about the Masallas case....... It's actually quiet now, but back then, there was a lot of talk in the news."

Jung Young-chul sounded somber.

"Number is a sign of strength. I don't know number nine, but....... Number one is...."

a major catastrophe

"I hear your level has gone up since you met the officer in charge. If the dragons are two, no. If about five of them come in at once, then the planet Earth will be removed from the galaxy."

"......Excuse me, sir."

Lee Kang-hyun, who had been listening to Jung Young-chul for a long time, said,

He opened his mouth with a look of determination.

"The truth is..."

***

Bangbae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul

Jung Young-chul and Lee Kang-hyun arrived at Changshin Villa.

And two heads came up from among the bushes in the flower bed.

Two people were looking somewhere with telescopes.

".........."

Lee Kang-hyun pointed to children gathered in front of Changshin Super.

They huddled around a thick textbook on the floor.

On top of the textbook were two 100-won coins, one on the front and the other on the back. At first glance, an animal resembling a puppy was facing a young boy.

"That's Dragon Road."

"......Umm."

"The Director calls me Yongyong."

"......I've seen it a few times. That animal is the Dragon Road?"

Bang!

The boy hit the textbook with his palm.

Then a coin was turned upside down, and two coins were front.

Yong-yong lost again!

It's already 600 won, right?

Six consecutive losses.

Yong-yong shook himself.

"What's that doing?"

"He said, "Panjigi. It's a game where you flip a coin by putting it on top of a book and hitting it with your palm. If the same shape comes out, you win, and the winner monopolizes all the coins. It's kind of a gamble."

Jung Young-chul was listening to the explanation.

"......is that really Dragon Road?"

"Yes. I don't know what he's up to, even if he looks like that."

"Um."

"So I'm keeping an eye on it."

"What did the chief of staff say?"

"......you said you don't have to worry."

Jung Young-chul sounded somber.

"If that's Dragon Lord, how did you make it a pet?"

"Maybe it was the force that brought him to his knees...…."

"Dragon Road?"

"......I doubt that, too."

I bet 200 won this time!

Yong-yong seems angry.

Jung Young-chul, who was closely watching the game, muttered.

"Maybe it is. It's a simple game for a third party, but......... In fact, Dragon Lord is indirectly showing humans the ambition of conquering the Earth. I mean, books are Earth and coins are people."

That's ridiculous.

Lee Kang-hyun gulped and nodded.

"......we can't rule that out."

On my way home from work.

Do-jun's foot stopped as he was heading home.

"Wow! Yong-yong won this time!"

"I won 400 won!"

Do-jun, who watched Yong-yong play the game for a while, said,

Turning his head and hiding in the bushes, he looked at Jung Young-chul and Lee Kang-hyun, who peeped at Yong-yong's planking with a telescope. They did not seem to find Do-jun at the entrance of the villa, as if they were fully concentrating on Yong-yong.

You bet 300 won this time.

I think I see a firm will to conquer the Earth.

".........."

I can't believe you've given such a big meaning to the game.

I thought it was great in a sense.