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372 Episodes Black Star (5)

Surprisingly, the conversation with Hyun Byul was easy.

I thought it would be a lot more awkward because of the relationship and the things we hide from each other.

‘Once a line is drawn, it is never crossed first, so it is very convenient.’

Economics, culture, politics, administration, etc.

There were many topics that we could relate to without even knowing each other’s identities, and we shared those stories freely.

How much time has passed

“It’s a library… Maybe we met once or twice as we passed by?”

“Did you go often too?”

“Just as much time as you have?”

“There really isn’t a better way to get information than a book.”

When I checked the time, it had been about two hours since I met Hyun Byul.

Wow, I didn’t even know time had passed in a long time.

What are we going to talk about next?

While thinking, Hyunbyul carefully opened her mouth.

“But, brother.”

“Uh, why?”

“What kind of people are friends?”

“… suddenly?”

When I tilted my head, Hyunbyul said in a non-trivial tone.

“I was just curious. Actually, it’s all your fault that you didn’t have friends, right?”

“… uh? Are you going to hit your name here?”

When I asked the question blankly, Hyunbyul quickly added an ambiguous explanation.

“No, that’s not what… It means that the criterion was whether or not an oppa considered the other person a friend. In fact, there must have been quite a few people who thought of you as a friend, right? Why are these people contacting me every New Year or birthday?”

“Hey, what kind of friend is that? acquaintance.”

“So that way of thinking is the problem.”

There was a lot to say, but I didn’t object because it conveyed enough what he was trying to say.

“That’s why I was surprised. The friend I met… You think of me as a friend too, don’t you?”

“right… … ?”

“Honestly, I don’t really understand what kind of magic I used to change someone like you. What kind of people are they?”

… Is it weird enough for him to say that? I have a friend. I feel a bit of bittersweet coming over me, but for now, I have an answer.

“It’s just believable. Even with a knife behind his back, he doesn’t have to worry about anything.”

“Hmm, because there are a lot of fights risking your life, does that mean that you were able to build deep trust?”

“Is that so?”

“But isn’t that a friend, not just a colleague?”

uh… … .

That’s by the way… … .

“Considering the background of the times here, socially, colleagues are more than just friends, they are a close and trustworthy relationship—”

“Well, it was just a comrade.”

“… … .”

I didn’t answer anything.

It doesn’t matter if it’s a friend or a colleague.

The key is that they are important to each other.

“… what? Those eyes?”

“Come to think of it, you didn’t even have friends, did you?”

“There were so many people who thought of me as a friend, right?”

You know that, but you’re like me, aren’t you?

What I think is more important than what other people think.

“So, have you made any friends here?”

“… I do not need it. I’m going back anyway.”

“okay? Then there is nothing you can do.”

As I spoke with a smirk, Hyunbyul looked up at me with a somewhat resentful look. However, the time was short.

“uh?”

Hyunbyul suddenly flinched.

“Suddenly, ‘Tiring!’ I heard a sound.”

“Oh, it looks like you got a note.”

“It’s a note… … ?”

“Have you posted anything on the exchange?”

“I haven’t posted anything, but I have sent an offer to buy information. I thought it would be convenient to earn some GP first. Brother, how do you check the notes?”

“You can’t see it here. You have to go out and watch it on your computer.”

“… Then I’ll have to check it out later.”

“Don’t do that, go see it now. Seeing the reply came so late, it seems like a note came from another seller.”

When I said that first, Hyunbyul’s expression brightened too.

I guess I thought this was reasonable too.

“Then I’m sorry, but I’ll be back soon.”

“yes? Are you going?”

“… Do you want to go?”

“If you wait, you won’t be in a hurry to finish it quickly for nothing. what do you do like that See you next time.”

“… … .”

“Besides, is it your first time to come to the community? You should not just stay here with me, but also check out other functions.”

“that… Yes.”

Again, logically speaking, Hyunbyul nodded without any objection.

“Then see you next month.”

“Yeah, it’s been a while.”

Shortly thereafter, we even said goodbye.

Well, it certainly would have been.

By the way… … .

“… … .”

“… … .”

“Why aren’t you going?”

“… … .”

“Oh, I want to go first? then-“

He was trying to focus his consciousness as soon as he left the chat room.

“for a moment!”

Hyunbyul hurriedly grabbed my sleeve.

and… … .

“There, brother.”

Hyunbyul turned her gaze into the air and continued.

“How do I get out… … ?”

Heh, I was wondering what you were doing alone in the empty chat room.

Because he also has a blind spot in a very strange place.

“Maybe you… … .”

It wasn’t that you were waiting for someone to come, but you were locked up because you didn’t know how to get out?

“You mean 22 years ago…?”

The white man pressed his lips to the question, and the woman answered.

“yes. Obviously I said that. The gems on the round table were lit green.”

“… … .”

“How the hell did this happen? At that time, the community wasn’t even properly formed, right?”

At that, the man kept his mouth shut.

In fact, he had something to point out.

The masked man he first met after taking over the authority of the spiritual world by an old man who was presumed to be Auril Gabis.

[It is your choice whether you believe it or not. I’m just here to warn you.]

The man pretended to be someone else at first, and when it was revealed, he gave advice whether it was a warning or a threat.

and… … .

[Yeah, that was your name.]

I was forced to know my name.

“… Master, my hands are shaking.”

The man unconsciously lowered his head.

His fingertips were trembling slightly.

It was already over 20 years ago, but still.

“… … .”

Of course he now knows.

At that time, the energy that engulfed his body is life.

However… … .

wow.

The man grabbed his knee with a trembling hand and forcibly stopped the trembling.

As the saying goes, ignorance is medicine.

Sometimes it’s even more frightening to know.

He couldn’t even imagine how many people would have to be killed to live like that.

‘By the way, it must have been the investigator’s mask… … .’

It was a long time ago, so I couldn’t connect it right away, but now that I think about it, everything explains it.

He also knew his real name, Jurben Havellion.

The absurd life reported by Soul Queens.

I said 3 months… … .’

The man felt both fear and relief at the same time.

If he was brave and refused the threat, he might have become his enemy.

But I needed to know about him as much as I was afraid.

If the mysterious man I met 22 years ago was a investigator.

What the heck is his purpose?

That will be the key to the current situation.

‘He appeared again in the community three years ago.’

Nickname is Elf Nunna.

It is believed that it is not an evil spirit from another world, but this is also not certain.

He’s too secretive to be definitive.

‘As soon as I entered the community, I made contact with Lee Baek-ho, and immediately went to the round table.’

If so, what was the reason?

The clue was in a conversation we had 22 years ago.

“Auril Gavis… … .”

“Isn’t that the name of the game creator?”

He warned himself that he had just taken over.

Beware the old man who gave you authority, Auril Gavis.

He has brought us into this world, and we have no guilt about it.

“… … .”

“Excuse me. You are thinking.”

Gradually the thread is loosened.

The investigator is the enemy of Auril Gavis.

The reason he reappeared in the community after nearly 20 years is… … .

‘The Master of the Round Table… Because it was Auril Gabis?’

Nickname 0720.

The being who created the Watchers of the Round Table, and the one who assumed he was an evil spirit from another world.

‘No, there are many contradictions here too.’

“Soul Queens, did you say that the Master of the Round Table had visited the Round Table before?”

“yes. I wasn’t there then, but from what I’ve heard it is.”

“They seemed to be friendly then.”

“yes. There are reports that the members were surprised because it looked like an informal relationship.”

“I mean… … .”

It seemed that the thread was finally unraveling, but the man bumped into the wall again.

The more I dig, the more I feel like I’m falling into a swamp?

Neither Auril Gavis, nor Master, nor investigator, nor Lee Baek-ho.

Even if I tried to put it together somehow, I ran into a contradiction because there were not enough clues.

However… … .

hard.

Still, one thing was certain.

Even at this moment, in a place he doesn’t know, the giants who can’t be compared to him are spreading their hearts and moving towards their goals.

“… At this point, I have no choice but to admit it.”

“What?”

The man kept his mouth shut.

Community owner? GM? Oldest player?

Even if many players call him that way and look up to him, the truth does not change.

“… … .”

In the end, he, too, was just a nerd.

“Soul Queens, it seems like a lot of things are happening in places we don’t know.”

“Yeah, I’ve been feeling that way a lot lately too.”

“I will have to work harder in the future.”

However, rather than despairing, the man acknowledged his shortcomings and chose to move forward.

And as if the sky was the answer to this.

“… … Don’t, Master! There is an investigator in the Korean chat room! Two people enter—”

“Who is one?”

“HS123. He’s the one who helped me get in. Ha, I was Korean!”

“… It means that you are a newcomer to this rider.”

The man hurriedly gave the order.

“Send a note there. I will see you.”

I didn’t know it was an opportunity that might never come again.

A small room with a bed on one side and a computer desk on one side.

Kang Hyun-byul thought it was a little funny.

[This space is the embodiment of your imagination.]

That’s what the guide I met when I first joined the community said so.

Because the mental barrier is so thick, he can’t see himself.

Is this space based on the first place that the inner spirit comes to mind? It was the place I thought I should be, or the place where I felt most secure.

By the way… … .

‘It’s so funny. That’s it.’

Kang Hyun-byul smiled coldly.

I know it’s this place.

But most importantly, there is no one who should be there.

“… Let’s do something.”

She glanced around the room, then sat down at her computer desk. Then, after checking the note, she frowned.

‘What, it wasn’t a note from the buyer?’ Aside from feeling annoyed, Hyeon-byeol Kang carefully read the contents of the note. It was because of the nickname written on the sender.’

If it’s Soul Queens… It’s the guide girl I met when I first came in.

‘I don’t know why, but she was asking me to meet her in a note.

Click, click.

Kang Hyun-byul entered the chat room written on the note without any further thought and entered the password.

There were two men and women.

The woman was someone she knew.

And the man… … .

[Elfnunalove.]

What the hell is this nickname?

Kang Hyeon-byeol felt physiological discomfort from the start, but did not show it outwardly.

“hello. Nice to meet you. It’s called Elf Sister Love.”

“yes. hello. But what’s going on?”

“A word to HS123-”

“Just say that. It’s a little odd to see each other face to face and to be called by that name.”

“Ahaha, I understand. There is a little bit of that.”

At Kang Hyeon-byul’s request, the man burst into a good laugh.

But she was just absurd.

‘Does anyone who knows it give a nickname like that?’

Although she looked at him with cold eyes, she quickly finished her judgment.

‘Anyway, I went out a little rough, but coming out with such a low-key attitude… … . There must be a reason for that.’

Kang Hyeon-byul did not intend to look down on the man standing in front of him.

It looks kind of stupid, but… … .

It is foolish to judge by appearance alone.

A woman with the nickname Soul Queens was the management team.

But how could that man, standing as if a woman like that were a counselor, was an ordinary person?

‘Someone who could possibly be a GM personally called me as a newbie… … .’

There was no need to think deeply.

The time the message arrived, that creepy nickname, the strange low attitude, etc.

Taken together, there is only one possibility.

‘I think it has something to do with Hansoo oppa.’

Actually, her guess was correct.

“You said you were Korean?”

“I’m sorry, but can I get straight to the point? I don’t have much time.”

“Haha, I understand that this is your first visit. 12 hours is not enough if you check this and that.”

“… … .”

Kang Hyun-byul didn’t have to answer.

As always, it worked very well.

“You were a blunt person. So let’s get straight to the point. What is the relationship between the Elf Snow Country and the user?”

“Why do I have to answer?”

“I’ll give you my GP.”

“We met for the first time today. But why?”

“Hmm… … .”

A man with a bizarre nickname called Elf Sister Love wondered whether what she said was true or not, and then immediately began to tell the reason why he had called him here.

“I want to buy information about Elf Nunna.”

“Are you telling me to investigate the man behind the scenes? Did you see me for the first time today?”

“Even small details are good. Do you think Koreans are close to each other? HS123… No, if he approaches, I’ll be a little wary.”

“… … What is the reward?”

When Hyeon-byeol Kang asked carefully, the man gave a short answer.

“Anything you want.”

“… Do you know what I want?”

“Whatever it is, we have the power to make it happen.”

“that is… Is it really… … ?”

Soon, Hyunbyul Kang raised the corners of his mouth, leaving behind his cold attitude.

That was natural.

Because I had no intention of leaving my seat to keep my faith.

Isn’t that kind of stupid?

‘I can’t even get my brother to get hit… I don’t know what they were doing, but they put these guys on their backs.’

Her eyes widened long.