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"Ah, is it about time?"
Alberg, who had been sitting blankly on the sofa, got up and stretched.
“Time for what?”
It was just in time for the broadcast of Hyeon-woo's trial. This was agreed upon by the World Awakened Association. That was why Ga-jun was watching the trial start with an anxious face. Then he looked at him after Alberg's sudden action.
“Time to take my Hyeon-woo.”
Alberg replied calmly. It was difficult to understand at first, but he soon realized.
“Were you doing something this time?”
"It's more like a little cooperation rather than a trick."
“That’s it!”
Ga-jun jumped up from the sofa and grabbed the bottle in his arms. But before he could strike, Alberg moved faster.
“You’re no longer needed.”
Sharp claws tried to scratch Ga-jun's neck. It was Miriel who narrowly stopped it.
“I knew it would be like this. This is why I can't trust the demon race.”
Miriel took out his weapon and glared at Alberg. Still, she wondered if his love for Hyeon-woo was true, but in the end it was like this. The sincerity of the demons was so fleeting.
“I’ll put an end to it today.”
Gritting her teeth, Miriel stabbed Alberg with the spear in her hand.
“Oops.”
It was an attack of crude intent, but Alberg easily avoided him.
“I guess that would be reasonable. You’re too young.”
“Are you old?”
“What, can you even say that?”
Ga-jun interrupted the conversation between the two.
"Just why? Why did you endanger Hyeon-woo?”
“I want to let him know.”
"What?"
“How ugly people are and how easily they change their minds. And in the end it worked out the way I wanted. Look at that, the way they doubt those who helped them.”
"It won't work out the way you want."
"I know. At least Ji Seon-woo was running around for Hyeon-woo. But so what? Do you think that data will ever come out into the world?"
Alberg giggled. Then he opened the door into the void. Realizing that the void could teleport him, Miriel desperately attacked, but to no avail.
“This is what happened!”
Miriel for a moment left protecting Ga-jun and peeked at the door. The door to the space remained for a while even after someone passed through it. It would be difficult for a human to open it again and follow it, but it was possible for Miriel.
'It's not easy, though.'
Finally, when Alberg passed through the gate, Miriel succeeded in following him! However, it seemed that her arrival time was off, perhaps because she followed in somewhat forcefully. When Miriel arrived, Alberg had already disappeared.
'Did you still think I will just give up!'
Miriel quietly closed her eyes and concentrated. She was after the greatest demon.
'Miriel, you have a talent for tracking.'
Her father had said so. And Miriel believed in her father.
"I found it."
The location was a building not far away.
Yuri thought of how hard it was to organize the material that was added to the case overnight. Even with that in mind, she could never pass up this opportunity. Climbing up, she looked in front of her. It was time to convince the many Awakened here.
'I can do it.’
It was something the Guild Leader entrusted to them. She was determined to do something great.
“Then let’s begin the briefing.”
The moment he took a deep breath and opened his mouth, the building shook.
Thud!
With the sound of something heavy landing, there was an uproar outside. Then, the eyes of the other Awakened who were facing forward began to turn naturally.
'No!'
Yuri hit the desk with her hand as hard as she could.
Bang!
Even though it was her spirit world, she was also an Awakened. No matter how solid the desk was, if it wasn't an item, it could be split. People turned their attention to the sound they heard in front of them.
“Please listen. It's not just Ji Hyeon-woo's work that we've been investigating. It is also related to the hidden corruption of the Guardian Guild.”
Yuri took control of the atmosphere at once.
'It’s time!'
Now it was time to vomit everything they'd found out so far. Hearing that, she didn't know how they would react. But even so, it was something she had to let them know.
“Please look at this picture first.”
Grotesque pictures appeared, one by one on the white wall.
“A human experiment?”
They recognized them right away, probably because they all have good eyes.
"You're right. They are all victims of human experimentation. Sometimes they were Awakened, and sometimes they were ordinary people with no powers. There are more pictures.”
Most of the bizarrely transformed people trapped in the laboratory's tank were dead, but a few were alive.
“Isn’t it terrible?”
"I know. Haven't we caught almost all the lunatics experimenting on humans? Where did that come from again?"
“You just mentioned the Guardian Guild."
“The Guardian Guild commits such a thing? It can’t be! They saved America, they saved the world!”
“For now, let’s listen more.”
Opinions were divided. Even in that situation, Yuri did not back down.
“All of these people are victims of an experiment to graft demonic energy into humans. And the place where they were found was the branch of the Guardian Guild on the outskirts of the city. After knowing this fact, there are those who accompany us and confirm it. Amber. Please come forth.”
Following Yuri's words, Amber calmly stepped forward.
“Amber, aren’t you a spiritual Awakened working at Central Headquarters?”
“She's weak on the offensive side, but she's strong on mentally, so she has big responsibilities. But why is she over there?"
“Calm down. It may be a deviation from some non-Guardian Guild branches. Don't you know? How many branches of the Guardian Guild are there? I believe in Leon.”
Even up to this point, there were still many people who believed in Leon. So she had to crack their heads with more data.
Thinking so, the moment she opened her mouth again, something knocked hard on the closed door. Then he finally broke down the door and stuck his head inside. He was a large dog with three heads, and his eyes were burning red.
“Wh-what?”
"It's a monster!"
Some habitually brought their hands to their waists having forgotten that they had left their weapons at the entrance.
"Damn it!"
Awakened, who are good at handling their abilities, stepped forward.
“Isn’t this the monster Ji Hyeon-woo was dealing with?”
“I think that’s right?”
Then the door on the other side also burst open. And it was the black drake, Spotty, that squeezed in between them. Seon-woo, who had been sitting impatiently, got up.
“Kero!”
He called Kero's name, but no response came back. Foam was dripping from his mouth now.
Thud!
The ceiling rings once more. If there were two of them, he could tell without looking at the other. A black dragon named Two-eyed was trying to bring down the ceiling.
'Strange.'
The three of them were loyal to Hyeon-woo. But in this way, they invaded the World Awakened Association without Hyeon-woo's order? Seon-woo believed that it couldn't be.
“Han Do-jin.”
“Yes, I must move.”
If we let them run amok here, only this side will be at a disadvantage. It was a simple remark that did not help prove Hyeon-woo's innocence. So he thought he should stop it for now.
“Ain, Lena. Two of you, handle Spotty."
"Yes!"
“I will deal with Kero. The remaining people are Hyeon-woo hyung and Yuri. And keep the data."
“Then I’ll go upstairs.”
The figure of Do-jin, engulfed in the shadows, disappeared. As soon as he confirmed that, Seon-woo stepped in front of Kero.
"What? What's going on?”
Ivan, the Awakened who was blocking Kero, grumbled.
“Aren’t you both on the same side?”
“Not now.”
Seon-woo held out his hand and created an ice crystal.
“I don’t want to give in easily.”
At Ivan's words, Seon-woo said.
“Then I’ll assist.”
“Excellent idea! Then shall we go?”
Ivan bumped his hands and lunged at Kero. Kero, whose neck was caught in the door, immediately spewed flames out of his mouth, but he did not get through. It was because Russia's Ivan had the same fire attribute as Moo-hyuk.
“Ughaa! If I knew this was going to happen, I would have brought a weapon!"
Lena grumbled and glared at Spotty, who came inside.
“Yul-mu ran over, so he will bring the weapons soon.”
“Then, we have to hold on until then?”
Lena clenched her fists and blocked the spot in front.
“I don't know why our cute Spotty has gone crazy, but I can't help it. Do not resent this Nuna.”
Lena approached Spotty in an instant and wrapped her legs around its thick neck. She then began to choke its neck with all her might. Spotty shook its head to pull her away, but she wouldn't let it go.
Meanwhile, Do-jin, who went upstairs, found a black dragon thumping on the roof. He, like the other two, seemed in a strange state.
“Two-eyed.”
When the name was called, the dragon raised its head and looked at Do-jin.
“Krrrr.”
There was no sense of reason in its red eyes.
HM: We are heading towards the end of the story, huh? Just thinking about it makes my eyes teary. I have been carrying this project for two years, like it’s my baby, lolololol.
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Translator: Hoshi Miya
Editor/Proofreader: Davine, YaagRabRag
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