Chapter 6 Part 6: Return

“I see. I understand.”

I heard each of their circumstances.
From Sephie, and from the three people who revealed their names.

I nod my head.

To conclude, neither side was at fault.

This place is Sephie’s domain.
To be precise, it is a space that Sephie created to protect me.

I can’t reveal the details because these three people are here, but it seems that the goddess gave Sephie an order.

And the black-haired woman who represented the other three said.

“If we leave this gate as it is, it will cause enormous damage, so we had no choice but to enter.”

She said.

The way she spoke was as if she was talking to an animal, which made me feel a little bad.

However, I couldn’t punish Sephie. Rather, I felt sorry for harassing her wings.

I trusted Sephie more than those I met for the first time. I didn’t think she would lie to me in the first place.

In the end, the conclusion was that neither side was at fault for now.

I didn’t ask for it, but Sephie was just doing her job.

The three people, including the others who are now unconscious, also said they had unavoidable circumstances.

‘It’s a little annoying that they attacked first, but still, Sephie is not at fault.’

In fact, the people who entered this place were only slightly injured and lost consciousness, and Sephie herself said that she was controlling her power.

‘She did it to protect me, but I scolded her first. I feel bad.’

I scratched my cheek because I felt strange.
Sephie was clinging to my side and bowing her head.

When I raised my hand and stroked her pure white hair, she rubbed her head as if she liked it.

The expressions of the three people were also strange.
They also seemed to not understand what was happening now.

But when they realized that their colleagues who came in with them had only lost consciousness and there was no problem with their lives, they bowed their heads.

…I pretended not to see the faint fear that appeared on their faces.

I came to another conclusion on my own. With a sigh.

“Haa, in the end, I’m the cause.”

“What? No! Rather, I who allowed the intrusion here…!”

Perhaps because I was in front of her, Sephie did not say that it was the fault of the humans who invaded.

But I had no intention of blaming Sephie any further. I pressed down on Sephie’s head once again as she raised her head and refuted.

‘She did it for me, so it’s a little hard to blame Sephie…’

At the same time, I began to think about how to overcome this situation.

A gate… was it?
An unfamiliar but familiar word at the same time.

It was the words spoken by the long-haired black-haired woman among the three people whom Sephie named intruders.

‘If it’s a gate… I think I’ve heard of it in a novel.’

I recalled memories from a long time ago.
Before I became a hero, memories buried under countless hours.

Strange monsters are swarming, and you can also get energy that contributes to the development of human civilization.

And it is conquered by mankind who has awakened to a power close to supernatural powers.

‘…I don’t want to think so, but.’

There was still a lot I didn’t know, so I couldn’t be sure.

But, it seems that this place.
From Sephie’s point of view, it was a space to protect me.

And the place where that space exists seemed to be not the world I originally lived in.

The energy of the three people whom Sephie judged as intruders was like that, and the ‘gate that causes enormous damage if it is not blocked’, which they say, did not exist on Earth.

‘This pathetic goddess, where did she send me?’

I thought I was sleeping at home, but I woke up at a stranger’s house.

It seemed like I had returned to a strange place.
When I hit my forehead in the absurd situation, the three people flinched.

The three were dumbfounded.
That’s because the woman who suddenly appeared.

Subdued the gate’s boss, who had been overwhelming them, in an instant.

But what was even more surprising was the fact that the angel, who showed overwhelming strength, could not resist at all.

To be precise, it seemed like she wasn’t resisting, and they seemed to be acquainted.

Is this really possible?
Baek Ji-a began to have confidence in the many stories that the gate was related to the existence of ‘God’, which she had ignored so much.

A dreamy and sacred space.
It’s a bit late, but what they faced when they entered the gate.

If it’s a temple that you might see in Greece.

And if it’s a very reverent and magnificent temple floating alone in the sky.

On top of that, if you see that an angel exists.

Anyone would think so.
Baek Ji-a realized that the scale of her imagination was growing enormously, and she was trying to calm her dizzy and complicated head.

“First of all, you… No, how about you guys go back?”

The white-haired woman said.
She could find a sign that she was trying to sort out the situation now.

Baek Ji-a, who couldn’t sort out the situation in the end, unconsciously asked back.

“Yes, yes?! Go back…”

It was because her head wasn’t working fast.

In fact, if they just leave the angel and the woman as they are, then what?

She couldn’t even figure out what happened now, so could she predict what would happen next?

Despite the lack of preparation, the S-rank awakened being’s appearance of willingly stepping into the S-rank gate was shown.

‘Calm down, let’s calm down.’

Baek Ji-a caught her breath.

Outwardly, she avoided a crumpled expression as much as possible, while thinking inwardly.

‘The angel is definitely the boss of the gate. Then who is that woman?’

It was a natural question.

From the beginning, when the S-rank gate opened, to all the things that have happened so far.

A white-haired woman.

It was all because of one existence whose identity was impossible to know.

‘This gate and the existence of the boss angel were for the protection of that woman? Does that make sense?’

This was also a natural question that had to come to mind.

Now that many things about the gate are a mystery, a gate occurs to protect someone.

‘In the first place, is there any evidence that that woman is weaker than the boss angel?’

Baek Ji-a’s eyes turned to the woman pressing down on the angel’s head.

It looked so ordinary on the outside, but when she squinted and observed, she could feel a shudder.

‘Did the boss make a clone? Even so, the atmosphere is different, and although the appearance is similar, it is definitely different.’

If the angel is like a statue.
The woman was a doll.

It was made by forcibly inserting a piece of beauty, and in fact, Baek Ji-a was looking at the woman but avoiding eye contact.

She felt like if she got caught in the subtly smiling eyes, she would never be able to escape.

Baek Ji-a forcibly held onto her dizzy head in the unprecedented situation.

Shin Hakcheol was making a stupid expression as usual, and Yoo Haneul, who had given her the artifact, was no different.

‘Is it a double boss gate? I’ve never heard of such a thing. Also, it’s hard to say that that woman is the boss, because both sides can talk. I can’t find any difference from humans.’

If I had to find one, it would be that strangely nothing could be felt.

Even though she was an overwhelming powerhouse who could subdue an angel, nothing caught her senses as an S-rank awakened being.

That point made Baek Ji-a even more frightened.

‘She’s pretty enough to make me wonder if she’s human. No, in the first place, is that angel also a monster? What if it’s not the boss?’

Her head was very complicated.
To the point where the common sense she had believed in was shaken.

Baek Ji-a was sure that everything that was happening now would be the first time since the gate appeared.

It was then.

“Sephie, what are you going to do now?”

Starting with the white-haired woman’s words, her and the angel’s conversation began.

“…Since you have awakened, there is no need for this place anymore.”

“I see. But then, where are you going? What about this place?”

“There is a prepared place. It’s my first time going outside, but I’ve been given a hint, so don’t worry. And this space will disappear the moment you leave.”

“…My thoughts were correct. Where did you send me?”

The woman sighs.
And the angel, who had hidden all her wings, was cautiously observing the woman’s mood.

‘By the way, why is her tone like that?’

Baek Ji-a’s head, who had temporarily stopped thinking because she couldn’t follow the flow, suddenly had that question.

It was a stiff way of speaking that didn’t suit her beautiful and elegant appearance at all.

The woman and the angel were the same.
Baek Ji-a, who was thinking that, heard a trembling voice.

“W, what do you mean by going out… Both of you, are going outside the gate…”

—Is that what you mean?

It was a question, but the root of that question was fear and astonishment.

Shin Hakcheol’s shoulders, who had been spacing out, shook, and Baek Ji-a also tried to close her mouth, which had opened wide in surprise.

That’s because.
The boss of the S-rank gate that subdued two of the four major guilds in Korea with a single body.

And an unidentified being who subdued such a boss in an instant.

If they go outside the gate?

‘Gate, break…!’

They are not harming them right now, but if they let them out like this, they could not predict what would happen.

A woman and an angel’s heads slowly turned.

She thought she heard a creaking sound. The complexions of the three people who saw the expressions of the two turned dark.

At the same time.

“Quickly! The strong ones come to the front, and we’ll pay you properly, so please cooperate properly!”

Awakened, Ha Yujin.

S-rank gate external site control and management of awakened ones summoned by the association, Association Management Division Manager.

She raised her voice loudly.
The voice containing the mana of an A-rank awakened being was loud and clear enough to make the night go away.

“Ha, f*ck. I’m really lucky.”

My luck is really bad.
Ha Yujin added that and muttered, looking at the chaotic scene with a wry smile, even though she had prepared.

There was a commotion everywhere.

Fortunately, there were three guilds that came to the summons, so they could lead the awakened ones.

Thanks to the awakened ones belonging to the association and the three guild leaders, the scene was gradually being Organized.

“Ha.”

And to think that there were only three guilds that were barely summoned.

Other than that, excluding the awakened ones belonging to guilds and associations, there were independent awakened ones who were summoned by the association, saying that they would pay them separately.

“That’s why I keep saying that we should thoroughly investigate the guys who inspect the portals.”

There was a problem with the portal that was reactivated in the middle of the night, stopping regular inspections.

Because of that, the guilds that responded to the call could not come even if they wanted to, causing a dizzying situation.

‘Just wait until I get back to the association. Even if I get fired, I’ll take those guys with me.’

Ha Yujin flicked the last cigarette she had, which was so short that it was difficult to smoke any more, into the air.

At the same time, the small remaining embers of the cigarette grew in size and turned into fire, engulfing the entire cigarette butt.

In the end, all that was left was the ashes that fell to the ground. Ha Yujin watched the scene and turned around.

It was quite shapely.
Of course, at first, it was a headache to control and manage, but at this point, she thought she could respond.

Ha Yujin sighed.
And standing at the very front of the formation closest to the S-rank gate, she glared at the darkness of the gate.

Constantly flowing mana.
It was a precursor to the break. The precursor, which started about ten minutes ago, continued until now.

In order to understand the situation, at the order of the association that could no longer wait. It was also about ten minutes ago that they selected a few A-rank awakened ones and tried to send them in.

It was also ten minutes ago that they urgently started the pre-response to the gate break.

It comes out. Whatever it is.
Ha Yujin’s intuition said so.

It would be nice if the raid team that entered first sent one person back to report the situation, but no one came out.

Ha Yujin prayed that the worst situation she imagined would remain just an imagination.

She felt the mana flowing from the gate becoming closer and clearer. With blue flames on both palms.

And—.

“Wow, f*ck.”

When Shin Hakcheol, in a disheveled state, appeared through the darkness of the gate, Ha Yujin unknowingly let out an exclamation and extinguished the flames.

Shin Hakcheol was the beginning.
Everyone was staggering, but the raid team, which did not show any signs of major damage, was coming out of the gate.

They all looked like they had just woken up from sleep. But it wasn’t very important to those outside.

The number of people coming out gradually increased.

At the very back of the raid team.
When the two women with pure white hair came out last, the gate that blocked the scenery of the road gradually faded.

In the end, at the same time as the gate disappeared.

“S-rank gate, conquest… success.”

Shin Hakcheol, who seemed to be tired, chewed on his lips, and finally said so.

Ha Yujin, who was listening, began to burn with excitement, unable to contain her excitement any longer.

Fortunately, her clothes did not burn.

And so, Korea’s third S-rank gate.

No casualties.
With many minor injuries and damage.

With the power of two S-rank awakened ones and only two guilds they led.

From entering the gate to closing the gate, it took only three hours, leaving a record unprecedented.

Ten minutes later.

[S-rank gate that occurred in Seoul, Wildness and Cultivation guilds jointly destroyed. Evacuation order issued today lifted]

A text message with the content was sent to the entire country of Korea.

As a result of that news.

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[Title: Is this really real LOL?(★)]

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Conquered the S-rank gate in 3 hours after the evacuation order was issued LOL

Landlord shut down LOL

[Comment]

-Why is this real LOL?

-It’s not a prank, please don’t be a prank

-Damn it, I believed it, damn it!!

-Does this make sense? It took a month to close the S-rank gate that opened in Incheon?
ㄴ Each gate has different characteristics
ㄴ That one was a monster infinite copy gate LOL
ㄴ Rather, it’s more strange that the Incheon side took only a month LOL

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Even though it was dawn, the internet in Korea began to burn.

But there was a fact that no one knew except for the very few who actually entered the gate.

The gate closed simply because a being inside the gate came out.

In fact, the result of the conquest of the Seoul S-rank gate was not a success, but the worst result of failing to respond to the break.