The Time-Limited Leader Makes the Raid a Success - Chapter 410



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Episode 410

#410. Once you receive an order, you must move immediately.

“Team Leader Jo Ik-jun. Excuse me, but could you please step aside?”

Goyohan first asked for Jo Ikjun’s understanding.

“Then, you two, have a nice talk.”

At first glance, it seemed rude to ask the person who invited Kang Mu-hyeok to step aside in front of the person in question.

The Taegeuk Guild was also a Yeouido A-class guild that was considered a large guild. Even a tier guild could not be treated carelessly.

But Jo Ik-jun backed down without much resistance.

‘I guess there was something discussed in advance.’

As Jo Ik-jun sat down in the seat with his name on it, Go Yo-han spoke in a quiet voice.

“Can we talk privately?”

“Yeah.”

Goyohan guided Kang Moo-hyeok to another location. It was a private room inside the restaurant.

In the space where only the two of them could dine, food was already prepared. It was a course meal, but it seemed like everything was brought in at once. It was meant to be a way to talk without being interrupted.

“The fact that the food is ready means that they were watching me coming. I am so embarrassed. The Tier Guild is treating me so kindly.”

“Are you only going to treat me like a Slayer Guild member?

It was a remark that criticized the relationship between Slayer and Iron Will. Kang Moo-hyuk guessed that it was a meaningful remark and a conversation related to him.

“We didn’t meet to have a real meal, so let’s get straight to the point.”

“Is that so?”

Goyohan took a sip of water to moisten his throat, then immediately got to work.

“It was because of Japan that I was able to meet Director Kang in such a grand way.”

“japan?”

“Do you know anything about the Slayer’s recent activities?”

“Well, we have a casual relationship unless something comes up.”

“To be exact, it must have been because Team Leader Seongseonje was absent?”

This time, Kang Mu-hyeok picked up the water glass. He thought as he filled the empty glass with water.

‘Choi Do-yu… Slayer’s Bugilma is definitely not friendly to Iron Will.’

While Seongseonje was still awake, the newly appointed Bugilma, or rather Choi Do-yu, who had been ousted from power and then reinstated, remained silent despite Kang Mu-hyeok sending several requests to meet.

Even when I expressed my willingness to provide additional Rider Wolf, there was no response.

‘The guild leader said that the relationship between Choi Do-yu and Seong Seon-je was not good, so he was slapping us who worked with him. But I wonder? Would the Slayer guild leader have chosen such a narrow-minded person as the right person to fill Seong Seon-je’s empty spot?’

Kang Moo-hyuk hasn’t met Choi Do-yu yet, so he can’t give a definitive answer.

Goyohan took Kang Muhyuk’s silence as an affirmation and continued speaking.

“The reason I brought up the Slayer story is because of their relationship with Japan.”

“I know. It’s common knowledge in the industry that Slayer has been acting as a breakwater to prevent the Japanese hunter community from invading Korea.”

“A breakwater doesn’t completely block waves. The role of a breakwater is to offset the power of waves, so that only gentle waves crash against the beach. If it hits the strong waves head-on, it will quickly wear out. Slayer has been doing an incredible job of that so far.”

Kang Moo-hyuk understood what Go Yo-han meant.

We have dealt with the threat from the Japanese hunter community by blocking it, but not giving it a reason to intervene in earnest. Even if we tried to reach out to the Korean hunter community and failed, we did not provoke the Japanese hunter community by creating an escape route.

It was a strategy for the weak.

‘You can’t say that Slayers are weak, but without an S-Rank, there’s bound to be a limit to the strength of their response. Since long ago, whenever things didn’t go well in the Japanese Hunter world, they would hide their faces and come out with a strong attack.’

Every time, it was the Korean hunters who shed blood. It was a secret that was not well known to the world because it was so cleverly laid out.

“Should I assume that there has been a change in the Slayer’s methods since the quiet Bugilma pointed it out separately?”

“Yes. Recently, Slayer has been uprooting foreign hunter forces in Korea without leaving a single weed behind. As a result, the atmosphere in the Japanese hunter world is turning sour.”

“Hmm, I don’t think Team Leader Seongseonje was being so lax. Could it be because of Choi Doyu’s policy?”

“Probably so.”

“But what does that have to do with the Fighter’s Guild? And why do you want to meet me separately?”

Kang Moo-hyuk had a guess, but he pretended not to know and asked.

Quietly, he let out a sigh and said.

“It was widely known that Choi Do-yu was originally a hardliner, but since the damage was coming to us, we should have just stayed still.”

“What exactly is the damage?”

“Chief Kang must have noticed this to some extent. If Slayer sets out to crush the Japanese forces in the metropolitan area, where will Japan set its sights next? That’s Busan.”

“… … .”

“It would be wrong to think that the Korean Hunter world was protected only by Slayer. Other tier guilds have also been active in their own positions. Busan, in particular, is a place that cannot be separated from Japan, as it has both sea and air routes to Fukuoka.”

Busan was not only a place for the general public to interact, but also a place where information and hunters exchanged information. The place that guarded this gateway was the Fighting Father Guild.

“The water is pooling in the wrong place.”

“Recently, the number of Japanese hunters in Busan has been increasing. Some travel to and from Seoul via KTX, but some are secretly setting up bases here.”

“How much has the influx of Japanese hunters increased?”

“It’s 17 times more than usual.”

“You came here on purpose, didn’t you?”

To this extent, the situation was sufficiently suspicious, even though there was no evidence.

‘Perhaps Team Leader Seongseonje was also concerned about this. If the Japanese Hunter community invades other regions, it will be difficult for Slayers to respond. It will be difficult to intervene while ignoring the tier guilds in that region.’

Or maybe it was because they judged that it would be difficult to stop the Japanese hunter world without being a slayer.

“Of course, most of them come in and leave right away, but we don’t know what happened during that process. Furthermore, this number is unprecedented even before Slayer blocked the metropolitan area. That’s why we can’t help but be nervous.”

Kang Moo-hyuk could roughly guess why Go Yo-han wanted to meet him.

“Do you wish to establish the cooperative relationship we have with Slayer and Saul’s father?”

“As I heard, you are the type of person who doesn’t need a long explanation. That’s right. I need the power of the Iron Will Guild.”

“If it’s our strength, we’ll need the strength of the S-ranked Guild Master, Ju Se-ah… Honestly, unless a Japanese S-ranker gets directly involved, there won’t be many instances where the Guild Master will step in himself. But that doesn’t mean that Iron Will’s Hunters will be a significant reinforcement of the Ssang-a-bi.”

“Of course, we need the S-rank signboard of Master Jusea Gilma, but what we want is a different type of power rather than just a hunter.”

“What about a different kind, Rider Wolf?”

“No. Rather than that… … .”

Goyohan raised his finger and pointed at Kang Muhyuk.

“Director Kang Mu-hyeok. I need you.”

* * *

Haeundae.

Although there were no vacationers because it was winter, the beach was crowded with people who came out for an outing as warm days continued, signaling the approach of spring.

Since it was past lunchtime, people were drinking coffee at cafes or ordering takeout and walking along the beach.

It was such an ordinary and everyday scene, but it was not a common sight in a world where places where one could enjoy such everyday life had decreased significantly compared to the past.

People were enjoying the arrival of spring with their whole bodies, enjoying the sunshine that made them feel hot for the first time in a long time and the cool sea breeze that cooled their sweat.

That was when.

“Mom. What is that?”

One of the children who was picking up shells from where the waves had washed in at the beach pointed to the end of the horizon and said:

The child’s mother covered her eyes, which were dazzled by the sunlight, with her palm and looked out at the sea.

“Yeah. That’s a wave. The waves crash into the ocean and rush toward the shore. Even the kids who came here on foot to say hello are all riding the waves.”

“But are the waves that big? Just wait a minute. What if the waves catch me?”

The mother chuckled at the child’s words.

‘The waves might be scary from a child’s perspective. Our Yesul is cute…

The smartphone fell out of Mom’s hand. She froze with her hand over her mouth.

“mom?”

It was a wave. A wave as big as a house. No, it couldn’t even be called a wave anymore. It was a tsunami.

“Yesul!”

The mother ran with her child in her arms. Her feet sank deep into the sand at the beach, but she ran as fast as she could.

Screams were heard from the surroundings. They also seemed to have realized it too late and were running inland.

“Ts, tsunami!”

“There’s an earthquake!”

“Whoa! Pihat!”

Hundreds and thousands of people flooded the beach like a tidal wave. Some even fell over like a disaster movie cliche.

“honey!”

My husband, who had been buying coffee on the other side of the beach, was running towards me in a hurry. Yesul shouted back.

“dad!”

The husband ran to pick up the child instead of the mother, but no matter how fast he walked, it was not enough to escape the tidal wave that was coming.

“Ahh!”

“Hold on tight! Don’t let go… … .”

The tsunami swept through the beach in an instant. As if that wasn’t enough, it flooded the beach parking lot and swept into the surrounding shops.

“Oh my, oh my! What the heck. What the hell is this sudden shower while I’m eating?”

“Common sense, are you okay?”

“There’s someone hurt here. Please call 119.”

Fortunately, the area outside the beach seemed to be flooded with no major casualties.

“Queek?”

The disaster wasn’t over yet.

“Mom, it’s a monster!”

“Run away!”

Blood was shed across the coast of Busan.

* * *

-Beep!

The Bexco event venue was filled with a mysterious alarm sound. It wasn’t an alarm from a speaker. It was the sound of the smartphones in the hunters’ pockets ringing.

Sending emergency messages through the guild app.

An ear-piercing noise occurred as the smartphones of thousands of hunters inside the venue rang simultaneously.

“What, what is it?”

“Is there a gate somewhere?”

“Did a monster appear?”

“get out?”

Most Korean hunters had only seen this monster in curriculum textbooks. No, it was a monster that Northeast Asian hunters had hardly ever seen before.

“Get out here?”

“Hey, you must have seen the wrong mob. It happens sometimes. Ordinary people who can’t tell the difference between monsters make the wrong report… … .”

-Beep!

The alarm sounded again, this time without pause.

… …

… …

… …

The hunters’ faces drained of color as their smartphones continued to blare alerts.

Most of them were rookies. Although there were some who had freelance experience, they were mostly rookies who had only been hunters for a few years. They had low ranks and had only hunted small monsters. It was natural that they couldn’t come to their senses due to the monster alarms that kept ringing out.

But the event venue wasn’t just filled with newcomers.

“Hey, rookies, stand by! Don’t go outside the venue!”

“I might have to borrow a cat’s hand!”

“Contact the guild. Where is the closest place to BEXCO?”

“First, join up with each guild’s standby team. Most of the monster alerts are on the coast. We need to block the paths leading into the city.”

Veteran hunters from each guild began to move.

Meanwhile, Noh Song-rin, who was there, also took action right away. He contacted Kang Mu-hyeok and at the same time, looked for the only Iron Will member in BEXCO.

At that moment, Seo Dae-chi was entering the event venue, dragging Han Garam along.

“Seodaechi. This is my hotel key. Go to the hotel room listed there and get my gear. There will be other secondary weapons, so you guys should be armed and ready. Oh my, why isn’t this guy answering the phone? Huh? Hello. Captain? Where are you? I’ll come get you.”

As Noh Song-rin turned around and gave instructions with a gesture, Seo Dae-chi grabbed Han Garam’s shoulder and dragged him along.

“let’s go.”

“yes?”

“Once you receive an order, you have to move immediately.”

The senior who had been kindly explaining the guild to me using polite language just a moment ago was gone.

Hangaram was dragged away by Seodaechi while he was dumbfounded.