Translator: Wan ED/PR: Solarin
58. Natural enemy (5)
In the broadcasting station’s underground parking lot, where the otherworld gates formed, Players faced against Enemies without weapons.
In the midst of the crisis of continuous strange phenomena, like the otherworld gates increasing and the Enemies’ rarity rising, etc.
The lunatic appeared and incapacitated the civilian.
The 1st year class 0’s children were reassured, confirming the safety of their classmate, but soon they spoke, startled.
“It was footwork applying taehokwon. There is no way it was a mistake, right?”
“… It didn’t seem like a mistake. The foot stomp was extremely clean.”
“Jiho-ah? The one in the car just now seemed to be a human, not an Enemy…” [1]
Kieeeek!
Woooo….
With the sound of Enemies being taken down by the pro Player team that took on the role of the broadcasting station security, each of the 1st year class 0 children said a word.
“So-called human.”
Swish!
Hwang-ho jumped from the roof of the car and landed on the ground.
Hwang-ho tried to open the passenger car door right away, but as if he opened it by force because they were stuck, an abnormal ‘eeeiek!’ came out.
When the door was forcibly opened, the person, who was leaning against the car door because he fainted, rolled out.
“Okay, even if he does things that even a beast wouldn’t do, that guy is human, right?”
“What does that…”
Jegal Jaegeol was about to reflexively approach the person, who slumped on the ground, but it was impossible.
Perhaps he thought of something, Maeng Hyodon was tying Jegal Jaegeol with his Gwangrim ‘Fighter’s Pull’ just like before.
Peuk!
When Hwang-ho kicked the stretched out person one more time, his body turned and the face was revealed.
Then the 1st year class 0’s children started to recognize that face one after another.
“Uh! It’s the Playlist sub PD, who broke the promised time schedule as he liked and caused trouble for Miro!” [2]
“So are we going to keep punching him? Even if he gets punched, he deserves it.”
“… I didn’t look at his face closely at that time.”
“Uh, there something in the car.”
Maeng Hyodon pointed inside the car, and just at a glance they saw a lump of otherworld metal that didn’t seem like a broadcasting equipment.
The surface of the otherworld metal lump was connected through thick cables all over the car, so it looked like it was modified beforehand and connected to the car battery and generator.
It wasn’t the only thing that was strange.
The cables continued over the floor of the car that parked close to the wall and the underground parking lot floor.
“… It’s a otherworld simulator, which release on the market was halted, huh? The type that draws and uses Power of Earth.”
Jegal Jaegeol, who recognized the identity of the otherworld metal lump, spoke with a surprised face.
The old type otherworld simulator, that sucked on the Power of Earth, sprinkled heavy superpower wave’s energy around.
“Yes? Power of Earth? But why is the otherworld simulator here…”
“Can you bring in something like that? What about the security checks?”
“Even if it won’t be caught during the security check, as it isn’t a weapon, Players would recognize it if they directly looked at it, because it’s an otherworld metal lump….”
“A lot of companies enters the broadcasting station. The broadcasting station production team itself, the collaborating companies, the entertainers’ affiliated companies, subcontractor companies… Wouldn’t it be beyond their ability to thoroughly check all equipment that directly enters the broadcasting station?”
“It’s difficult to rule it out if it’s just the underground parking lot….” [3]
Hwang-ho turned off the power of the old type otherworld simulator.
Even after the power was turned off, the Enemies that already appeared didn’t disappear, but even if it was an illusion, the air felt lighter.
They couldn’t know the principle behind it, but it seemed that this otherworld simulator utilized the Power of Earth to give the otherworlds and Enemies’ side buffs.
And it wasn’t the only thing.
“…!”
“What is on that person’s hand?!”
On the wrist of the person kicked by Hwang-ho was a strange device.
In the device, that from a distance looked like an ordinary wristwatch, a needle was embedded.
As Hwang-ho carefully pressed the device on the wrist with the tip of his foot, a long needle stuck out with a ‘swish’ sound.
At the same time, a sticky liquid dripped out of the needle’s end.
“I guess he asked for rescue and when someone get inside or grabb his wrist, he would inject them right away, eh?”
“Such a….! What was he trying to do to a Player, who was coming to help?” [4]
“No way, was he targeting teacher Jegal Jaegeol-nim?”
The morale of the Players, who fought against the clear malice towards Players, plummeted.
Opportunely, because the Enemies also became strangely meek, no one was injured, but the silence was painful.
Luckily, the quiet didn’t continue for long.
At the sound of something hitting the floor, the Players turned their heads and stared in the direction of the parking lot entrance.
In their vision, several pro Players with Ham Geun-hyeong in the lead ran out.
“… Teacher Ham Geunhyeong-nim!”
“Is anyone hurt?”
As if he was using Gwangrim, Ham Geun-hyeong’s eyes shined with a piercing light of superpower wave.
Using Gwangrim on top of that scary face, his impression was even more ferocious, but the class children nodded with very relieved faces.
“Yes! We’re fine!”
“Teacher-nim, did You see Uisin-i? I thought that Uisin-i would come faster…”
“Jo Uisin…”
Ham Geun-hyeong’s face darkened.
As if he was carefully choosing his words, Ham Geun-hyeong slowly opened his mouth.
“… Teacher Yong Jegeon-nim is with him.”
“Yes…? We know that…”
“Then where did teach Yong-nim went? No way, there are Enemies there too…”
“No Enemies. Don’t worry.”
At the words that there were no Enemies, the children were relived, but Hwang-ho made a dubious face.
But before Hwang-ho could question him, Ham Geun-hyeong stepped forward.
“All Players without weapons step back. Leave the end to us.”
“Teacher Ham Geunhyeong-nim, I’ll stay…. Hyodon-ah?”
“Uh? Yes. I’ll too…”
“I said that all Players without weapons should step back.”
Jegal Jaegeol, who was making a complicated face before, also stepped forward.
Maeng Hyodon lifted his Gwangrim and tried to fight with them, but ended up left behind because of Ham Geun-hyeong.
“Let’s leave it to teachers-nim and pro Players now.”
“Ah, do you want to look for our Uisin?”
Ping!
Opportunely, as the aftereffect of the barrier being lifted, communication was resorted.
Hwang-ho sent a few messages to Jo Uisin right away, but they weren’t marked as read and no response came.
It was a common occurrence that Jo Uisin ignored the messages that worried about his safety, but his insides were suffocating.
Hwang-ho spoke while glaring at the holographic screen.
“… Jo Uisin is not responding to the messages, eh?”
“Uh? Doesn’t it always happen?”
Hwang-ho openly nagged Jo Uisin if he could please check his messages right away in class a few times.
Thanks to that, even the 1st year class 0’s children knew about that fact really well.
Hwang-ho made up his mind to contact a different party, not Jo Uisin.
But the situation with that party was similar.
“… I can’t contact even that damn dragon.”
To speak precisely, after Yong Jegeon sent a one-sided message, the contact was cut off.
The last message Hwang-ho received was this:
[Yong Jegeon] Uisin-i is safe. I’ll take him first.
[Yong Jegeon] ^^
As Hwang-ho stiffened looking at the screen, the children crowded behind him and glanced at the hologram.
Perhaps they thought of Yong Jegeon’s ecstatic expression when they saw ‘^^’, the class children froze for a moment, and then opened their mouths:
“… Even so, you received a reply.”
“Uh, but did teach Yong-nim said he took Uisin-i?”
“I guess something happened, so they went without watching Miro’s performance.”
“I’m worried about Uisin-i too, but we decided to cheer for Miro, so it would be difficult to chase teach Yong-nim…” [5]
Through the active effort to the pro Players, including Ham Geun-hyeong and Jegal Jaegeol, the otherworld conquest was safely completed.
But Hwang-ho’s worries didn’t end.
Listening to Eun-ho’s ‘How is Uisin hyung? Please quickly bring Him to be treated at the mansion.’ pleading again at the side of the younger alter-ego in the Hwang Myeong-ho’s great mansion’s side building, his head hurt.
* * *
In the sky. [6]
I currently left the broadcasting station and was flying with Yong Jegeon.
The moment I changed clothes, Yong Jegeon flew with me into the sky, and while soaring up, our bodies were hidden with the opaque space, but after reaching a certain altitude, he lifted the Space Art.
Before he lifted the Space Art, he took off the crow mask and handed it to me, but I was a bit bothered.
“… Won’t it be eye-catching if we move using the Flight skill?”
“No, the air is safe. I don’t feel ‘Eyes’. It seems that the Demons’ ‘Eyes’ can’t observe above a certain altitude.”
I learned good information.
As expected, my Playable Character would get such valuable information because he was sensitive to gazes, huh?
When I was overwhelmed with pride, Yong Jegeon, who checked the device, spoke with a bright voice.
“Wow, chairman Hwangho-ssi contacted me right away. He said that he can’t contact you and asked what happened to you. How should I answer?”
All the device alarms were turned off, but I guess a message from Hwang Jiho came.
‘I should inform him that I’m safe.’
Hwang Jiho was with the class children.
And he was also with Eun-ho.
I worried whether I should inform him, and then opportunely Yong Jegeon was exchanging messages with Hwang Jiho, so I decided to deal with this efficiently.
“… Please tell him I’m safe.”
“You’re planning to leave it to me? Really? Ah, without saying it personally, later it will be more… Okay, I got it.”
Yong Jegeon made a very excited face.
I don’t have any idea what he meant by the ‘later it will be more’ effect, that would occur if I didn’t say it personally, but as Yong Jegeon seemed to be in a good mood, I thought it was okay.
Since the conversation with Yeom Junyeol, Yong Jegeon’s mood started to improve, but as expected, it seemed that my disciple was loved by the dragons.
“Hahaha! Chairman Hwangho-ssi had never sent so many messages to me! Is he going to storm into the Yong tribe’s territory right away?”
“He wouldn’t really enter, right?”
“Well, he probably wouldn’t be able to enter. Unlike the Ho tribe’s divine realm that is opened in the form of a school, the Yong tribe is a bit closed-off.”
There were two major territories of the Yong tribe that appeared in PMH.
One was the Dragon Palace, whose entrance was located in China.
The other was the location prepared deep underground of the Red Lion team’s building.
‘Even the Red Lion’s team members can’t carelessly enter the Yong tribe’s territory.’
The Yong tribe’s territory existed underground of the Red Lion team’s building, but using the entrance was prohibited for the Red Lion team members unless they were executives like Yeom Bangyeol.
The only ones who could freely enter and leave the Yong tribe’s territory were the Yong tribe members, the Yong tribe’s descendants and the Yong tribe’s shaman maidens.
In other words, only a very few exceptions, who weren’t the Yong tribe members, could enter inside.
As to enter the Yong tribe’s territory, one had to receive Cheongryeong’s permission at least, I guessed I would be just taken to the Red Lion’s territory.
“Even so, it’s opened for benefactors. Don’t worry.”
“…I didn’t do anything.”
My insides tickled at the ‘benefactor’ sound.
Because in the end, the one who took down Cadmus was teacher Ham Geunhyeong-nim.
Perhaps he didn’t like my words, Yong Jegeon shoot back right away.
“You didn’t do anything? Really? If I tell them that you made the descendant, what’s more, Junyeol-yi cry when you didn’t do anything, it will be a big deal.”
In the contrast to my heart that froze, Yong Jegeon smiled very happily.
My disciple showed a resolute appearance just before we left the broadcasting station, as if it was a distant past, when he shed tears.
— Please do well on today’s broadcast. I’ll be watching it live.
It was a conventional cheering that Yeom Junyeol had to hear thousands of times, but my disciple, worthy of the star Player, smiled with a perfect face and replied:
— … You don’t have to force yourself and should rest. Even so, if Uisin-i says he will watch it, I’ll do well.
Learning that the master he respected was in fact a 1st year junior, he probably was confused and angry, but Yeom Junyeol accepted it like an adult.
“We’re almost there, eh?”
Yong Jegeon slowly lowered the flight speed together with those words.
It seemed like we arrived at our destination.
“I called the Dragon King God’s shaman maidens on stand-by to treat you.”
In the direction that Yong Jegeon pointed, I saw five color clouds rise.
Between the clouds shimmering with the five color light, the Red Lion team’s building stood tall.
‘They are the Dragon King God’s shaman maidens…?’
Rooftop of the Red Lion team’s building, covered in the five color clouds.
Five shaman maidens stepped out and waited for Yong Jegeon.
*~*~*
[1] “Jiho-ah? The one in the car just now seemed to be a human not an Enemy…” — Sawol Seeum’s sentence
[2] “Uh! It’s the Playlist sub PD, who broke the promised time schedule as he liked and caused trouble for Miro!” — Sawol Seeum’s sentence
[3] “It’s difficult to rule it out if it’s just the underground parking lot….” — Sawol Seeum’s sentence, he could also be the one who started this conversation, but it could also be one of the children responding to Jegal Jaegeol.
[4] “Such a….! What was he trying to do to a Player, who was coming to help?” — Sawol Seeum’s sentence
[5] “I’m worried about Uisin-i too, but we decided to cheer for Miro, so it would be difficult to chase teach Yong-nim…” — Sawol Seeum’s sentence
[6] In the sky — literally ‘above the sky’.
Translator’s note: Jo Uisin’s natural enemy no.5: Benefactor callers
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