Hermit Wizard

* * *

A little over noon, military base on the outskirts of Seoul.

There is an iron desk in the middle of an empty shed. The man in the suit sitting in front of him. His gaze was fixed on a piece of paper and a pen placed on the desk.

The man looked like he was in his mid-50s. Unique face. However, there is an intense light in both eyes that can only be seen with a firm cleavage.

“Then I'll sign it. ”

He was the one in the warehouse. Instead of an audience that would listen to a man closely, cameras are turning around. He declares towards the lens and holds the pen in his hand.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!

The letters on the paper move as if they were waiting.

Sentences listing the provisions are drawn to the top of the paper. In the process, the signature box on the left was enlarged by borrowing the space. The man wanted to take a sigh for a while and wrote down his name without hesitation.

And wait for a change.

Command and control room less than 300m from the warehouse. Officers and NIS personnel are gathering to monitor.

The screen was the image of the man who had just signed the paper in the warehouse.

“What do you think? Kim Kyung-hwan Wizard? ”

“· · · Yet, there are no major changes. Oh, wait! ”

Kim Kyung-hwan, who was watching the screen together in the Command and Control Room, suddenly trembled. Despite the distance, I felt an intense magical force swinging. The source was a warehouse with men without a word.

As he swallows a dry needle, the NIS Fourth Dimension points to the screen and shouts.

“Look over there! ”

The Fourth Deputy was responsible for collecting and overseeing information related to the Channel and the Heterosexual Duchess, and information activities on Yoon Min-jun were also his jurisdiction.

“It's a different reaction than it has been so far. ”

The contract was already stamped with Yoon Min Joon's seal on the right signature box from the time of the first receipt. Since the government decided to sign this, it has so far attempted to sign the empty signature box next to it, changing people. Each time, the pen-written letter evaporated as if washed with water.

Then, today, for the first time, another reaction emerged.

“The contract seems to have been established. ”

The general of the square-jaw sitting next to Kim Kyung-hwan raises his eyebrows. His shoulders had three stars hanging side by side.

“How can you believe that? Is that enough just because you have a signature left? ”

“The moment I signed it, the magical force fluctuated. ”

The lieutenant-colonel doesn't seem to deserve another place.

“Can you believe it if you think of it as a basis for feeling alone, Circle? ”

A voice full of complaints. Kim Kyung-hwan stutters his memory. Did that old man say the head of the Defense Intelligence Division? He is in charge of this operation, and his attitude toward him is clear.

‘If you flirt, protest to your ruler. ’

The operation was strictly authorized by the President and whether the contract was established was given a role to be verified by Kim Kyung-hwan. Even a three-star star cannot deny the role of Kim Kyung-hwan, the only government wizard.

Kim Kyung-hwan thinks. I'm guessing he simply doesn't like this situation. The words of a young man like himself must now be relied upon and swayed by the officers of the senior ranks.

“Oh, can you hear me? ”

The NIS deputy head asks about Mike. His voice was passed through the speaker into the warehouse. The man across the screen nods and replies.

“I can hear you.”

The fourth chapter checks if the opponent's reason remains.

“Let me ask you a few questions. Please tell us your full name, affiliation and title. ”

The lieutenant mutters in a small voice, confident that his voice will not be caught by the microphone.

“What the hell are the criteria? Why not the others? I should be able to believe it. ”

Kim Kyung-hwan felt annoyed for a moment. Oh, the dog's been so loud for days.

‘If you're a lieutenant commander, you're lower than the minister. Why don't you stand in front of me and talk to me! ’

The government considered who should sign the contract given to Yoon Min Joon. The contents of the contract in Korean were plain. Only one person who signed this document could meet with Yoon Min Joon, and it was a simple statement that Yoon Min Joon and both of the signatories ensured each other's safety.

What was unusual was the statement that the signatory to the government should be someone in a position to take responsibility for his actions more than a year after assuming his or her current position.

It seemed necessary to specify a year to prevent anyone from being hired on a temporary basis. However, the expression "responsible position" leaves much room for interpretation.

Therefore, the government has secretly received volunteers from central government officials, excluding organizations closely related to national security, such as the military, the National Intelligence Service, and the Ministry of Defence. Just in case you were brainwashed.

Then one person finally came out today who acknowledged that the contract was worthy.

Beyond the camera lens, a middle-aged man in the warehouse answers with a tense expression.

“Name, Choi Soo. Affiliation, Government of the Republic of Korea. The position is Minister of Agriculture, Agri-Food and Livestock. ”

He speaks in a terribly low voice.

“Huh! What does the Ministry of Agriculture have to do with bargaining with that monster, and what does it qualify for? ”

If the minister had listened, he would not have dared. The Fourth Deputy gives him a glance and interrupts his speech.

“It was the first time today that a ministerial position was signed. Maybe it's because of that. ”

Even at the Assistant Deputy Minister level, the signing of the contract was unresponsive. The government, which speculated that this was not the case, also sought candidates at the ministerial level. A few of the candidates identified by the government were the best ministers sitting in the warehouse right now.

The lieutenant will find another place.

“Is magic so great? You even read people's titles? Search the Internet or newspaper articles to match names or faces? There are no SF novels. ”

Kim Kyung-hwan keeps his mouth shut. Of course not, Burn.

He knew. That magic reads the soul of the undersigned. Judging by reading the answers to questions and returning to unconsciousness, the surface consciousness does not notice what is happening in the process.

Kim Kyung-hwan turned to the topic because it was unnatural to know that he was here. In the meantime, the Fourth Vice President realized that Minister Choi Soo remained perfectly rational once he appeared. It was time to check with both eyes.

“· · · I'll go and come. ”

Kim Kyung-hwan went out the door of the command and control room under the escort of soldiers.

‘Incredible horsepower! ’

Whenever I took a step, I felt the magical power that pierced my skin.

‘The contract I signed has a different dimension. What kind of magic did Yi Ra Ra, Yoon Min Joon put in that contract? ’

Gain on bait

A soldier who maintains vigilance opens the warehouse door carefully.

“HUP!”

Kim Kyung-hwan forcibly swallowed up what almost came out of the scream.

“· · · What do you think? Wizard?”

Choi Soo, who was in the warehouse, stood up and asked.

“Do you see any major changes in my body? ”

His expression hardened with tension, but his eyes contained a heavy vertigo. He was one of the few senior officials who knew the dangers and supported him with patriotism.

I can't see a lost cause in his eyes right now.

But · · ·.

Kim Gyeong-hwan, who wore a magic circuit in his eyes, was looking at a view that was not seen on the monitor until now.

Yoon Min-joon, what the hell are you doing? ’

A sticky, highly viscous red mist-like energy, visible only to his eyes. The minister started with his right hand holding the pen and climbed up on his arm, leading to the heart and head. The shape of the sharp arterial blood that appears to be evaporating.

‘That's not the usual contract magic either. It's not the magic that Yellow Forest signed with me, it's definitely mixed with other spells! ’

Kim Kyung-hwan has already read the contract. So it was even more confusing.

I told you to ensure the safety of the signatories. What the hell is that?

* * *

Because of the heavy resonance that broke my focus, I brought the blocked consciousness back to the surface.

“· · · Ah, signed. ”

On the government side, all I know is that the right person signed the contract. I felt it through my soul.

In fact, right now I have a hard time feeling any stimuli in the outside world. Nevertheless, the signal was delivered because this magical medium is the soul.

“Hmm. Is this all you've got yet? ”

I check the progress and make a decision.

“It's not a good time to confront the government. We need to focus more on this. ”

I send the right message through magic. The contract they're looking at right now has this sentence coming to mind.

The contract has been established. If you have any business with me, please write it down briefly. The person you just signed must be fewer to keep a record. We'll get back to you with a confirmation. I've been a little busy lately.

After that, I looked around for a while.

The place where my consciousness was summoned is surrounded by the darkness of saturation similar to the space I encountered with the Apostle of Furvagios.

Yeah, I'm accessing an academic record now. As soon as I first triggered Furvagios' revelation spell, my consciousness left the flesh and was summoned to this dark place.

In fact, what I first imagined in the word "academic record" was a highly civilized scene, like a planet-sized library that was so high and vast that the end was invisible, or a sea of scrolls that were swayed in various dimensions of language.

But I noticed that the prediction was wrong as soon as I was summoned to this place.

Creating rare cracks in the dark are the sources of light shining in silver. Concentrating on the mind allowed countless shining spheres to come together, become bigger points, become better, and successive scenes of greater flow.

It's like watching the night sky intertwined with the stars.

Now I know. The whole set of light sources, like that galaxy, is an academic record.

And if you look more closely, you see a certain pattern that the flow of that light creates. Any splinter eventually has the same shape.

A tortuous chain in which two silver spirals intersect each other. Numerous parallel lines intersecting the wide and narrow grooves of the double helix rotating to the right fill the middle margin little by little.

The geometrically shaped chains thus made stretched like endless cracks and shed light in the dark.

As soon as I saw him, I thought I was familiar with him. I know what it looks like. It didn't take me long to figure it out.

“Why does an academic record look like DNA? ”

Is it a coincidence?

There was no one by my side to answer. Parvasse never gave me a detailed explanation of how academic records are perceived. Has he ever seen one of these?

I think about it for a moment. DNA, in turn, is a medium that contains genetic information that makes up a living organism. It is a collection of features that allow life to exist as an individual, and is a unit of information that is passed on to future generations.

If so, what about academic records? It is a collection of knowledge and information that exists in multiple dimensions.

The thing they have in common is a medium of information.

“DNA and academic records. ”

I think the DNA of an organism keeps its genes and passes them on to its offspring. So is the academic record really continuing to collect to communicate this information to ‘where’ and 'who’?

“It would be nice if Parvasse woke up. ”

Once you wake up, your ego will change, but your memory will pass on. I would be able to tell you something that would help me. I'm sorry.

I wasn't sure if it was the best way to use an academic record right now. I gathered around me and looked at the little waves that glittered in silver. The units of information that are gathering in response to the 'Soul of the Black Keeper’.

“· · · I can't read the information yet. We need to collect more. ”

Parvashe, a priest in Purbagios, had almost intuitive access to information. If the information is right for his grade.

But I was too slow to get my spell as a wizard. Fragmented information is piling up around me, but I can't read it yet. Perhaps it needs to be fully completed in order to be perceived in an understandable sense.

I stopped meditating and focused on gathering information again. The consciousness is dragged into the dark floor. And I felt the spirit expand and become united with the silver light sources.

* * *

Deep night. Matches too.

A few black passenger cars were assembled on the national road near Secret Village. The car doors open and the dolls dressed in unmarked black move in an orderly, fast and quiet manner.

They approach all sides of the house alone. The number is roughly thirty.

The herd was divided into two classes. Twenty strong men approaching with rifles, keeping their guard. In contrast, there were about ten people who usually had a pistol in their waist dance, but who were moving empty-handed.

When the siege was complete, the people of the empty-handed lifted something out of their arms. And bury it on the ground. As they reach towards the ground, a subtle light gleams.

Ooooooooooooooo!

Magical forces clandestinely moved along the surface of the ground. Calm waves occur around you.

The faces of the ten wizards who were directly exposed to the power are hardened for a while. Soon, however, the ornaments on their wrists created a force against them, and their complexion was restored. Wrist decoration was a protective measure that allowed people to escape the effects of artifacts on the ground.

After such a short time, the wizards nod. Then the men with rifles went forward.

Bloody hell!

“Argh!”

When you pull the trigger on the rifle equipped with the silencer, the NIS agent in charge of the outskirts falls to the ground.

“Rain, emergency, boom! ”

There were only five agents in charge of the outskirts. Men in black organize their surroundings in an instant and quietly approach the front door. Mount cameras mounted on their helmets were transmitting all these scenes to the satellite in real time.

* * *

Same time, Beijing.

Chinese Department of National Security executives are gathering in the Situation Room to observe the large monitors on the wall. The infrared camera footage they were looking at was being transmitted at near real-time in Korea.

“Of course, the ‘woman’ side is fast. There are only five of them. ”

“The South Korean government was informed that women were either out of hand or out of hand. Just in case you need to come back later, it looks like you've left a minimum of security. ”

The executives exchange their gaze with a serious expression.

Over the past few weeks, Chinese personnel who have been in Korea on several flights have been preparing for this day alone. Some of them were mixed with wizards who would never send them abroad if they were like other countries. The only operation that was possible was in China.

On the screen that the executives were looking at, a man standing at the front door was pulling out his gear and preparing to open the front door.

“Well, then. It's the beginning of a full-scale exploratory war. ”

One of the executives nodded, and the gesture was ordered and communicated to personnel in Korea.

Whoops!

The front door opens slowly with a simple gesture of an agent. And · · ·!

“The furnace of Quecadios (爐)! ”

The voice of a sharp woman. The agent who opened the door was hardened. This side happened before he even reacted.

The half-open front door bounces off with the storm!

Quack, quack!

One of the executives who watches the screen shouts with a distorted expression.

“What the hell! ”

He quickly became aware of the situation. As soon as the door opened, I heard a shout in Korean. And the explosion that followed.

He cries out to the blonde xenophobics who are dull in the situation room.

“What is that? I told you if you use that artifact, you can seal the magic! ”

* * *

Blowing down the front door was boiling iron water that exploded with a high pressure storm.

“Khhhhhhhh!”

A desperate scream echoes. The man who opened the door screamed, turning over the reddish-brown iron.

“Huuuuuuuuuuuugh! ”

Smoke rises with a chirping sound and flames dance on the face and chest. When a man rolls the ground in agony, the orange-red trajectory continues.

Instead of panicking, his colleagues quickly fled to the blind spot.

Chi Yi!

The metal vaporizes and the earth melts. Because of the great heat, the heated night air grows like a mirage.

Those with rifles send suspicious eyes to the wizards. But the wizards hiding in the back just shake their heads like they don't even know English.

Special Forces members concentrate on the commander's radio, which resonates in the ear. After confirming that the opponent can use magic, securing the target quietly crosses the water. Defeat them as soon as possible and leave the scene.

Get in!

With the commander's signal, the men ran forward.

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