“... where the hell are you going to use it? ”

“Don't worry, I'm not trying to do anything bad. ”

“This is classified material. No matter how I am...”

“Director of Management, you're not the only one who follows that principle. ”

Daughter cock, daughter-cock. As I went down the mouse wheel, I was blocked by the words of the preacher. He was not a cynical, corrupt person who committed misconduct or took bribes, but he was not unconditional. If he had been like that, he would not have given Sarah a new identity.

“What am I going to do wrong with this? If I'm going to try and do something bad, I can do it in a colorful, spectacular way, instead of recognizing Hunters like this. Don't you think?”

With Nurse trembling, Jeon Tae-soo imagined what ‘bad things’ Baek Hyun said without even knowing him, and frowned. At least that scale must be a global emergency.

Baek Hyun did not intend to tell his predecessor about the detailed inner lining. He's a hunter who signed a contract with Highroad. I doubt that this conversation is going to go into Highroad's ears, but I don't need to tell you anything that doesn't need to be told. Baek Hyun quickly identified the organized lists by moving the mouse.

What Baek Hyun was looking for were the hunters who had contracted with the Black Rose Queen. Baek Hyun lowered the screen and turned it off. Although he hardly seemed to have read it, Afras, who was interlocked with him at that short moment, stored exactly what he had seen.

“I'm done. So, what can I do for you? ”

Baek Hyun twirls his chair and looks at his pregnancy. In response to that sudden question, Tae Seong stares at Baek Hyun with his eyes closed. In his expression, Baek Hyun laughed in vain and struck his hand.

“Why are you doing this? When you see that you've listened to me so easily, that's what I want you to do. Don't you think?”

“... hmm. ”

Yeon-hyun coughed with a slight glance, and Baek Hyeon smiled as if he knew it would happen. No matter how prefect Tae-soo is Abyss' managing director, he is only the managing director of a small country called Korea. Consent from other administrative directorates was required to access a data server that manages all registered hunters.

“... you know the bureau's pretty rotten with ghosts, don't you? ”

“I know. I don't know in detail.”

Ghosts. Hunters not registered with the Bureau of Management. Naturally, Ghosts are mostly evil criminals.

“Ghosts have been a mass of doorways since their birth. Those who refuse to control and want to wield their power as hunters, who refuse to control the Bureau and flee to Abyss, are the beginning of Ghost. Thanks to it, Ghosts of Crops start with looting, murder, mercenary and human trafficking, drug trafficking, etc. The gang and the mafia are doing everything they can. ”

Just thinking about it, the pregnancy frowns.

“Ghost has been a gateway to the Hunter Society for a long time, and the Bureau of Management has been responding to Ghost while running dedicated departments and quest hunters. I think that was a steady achievement. Sunnah, Shanak who met Baek Hyun right away. They were bounty hunters who contributed a lot to defeating Ghosts. ”

“So, you want me to do that, too? ”

“No. Isn't that too easy and bothersome for Baek Hyun? ”

“That's right. ”

The apostle is nothing but a common hunter. Even if they were cruel criminals, it was too easy for Baek Hyun to argue with the apostles and monarchs.

“There is a Ghost Guild that our dedicated hunters have been eyeing lately. It's been a prolific activity for weeks, and it's been aggressive, including raiding and absorbing Ghost Guilds we've identified. ”

“You want me to take care of them? ”

“Yes. The problem is, ghosts are so hard to catch. First, I'll get to know you a little bit more on our side, and I'll let you know when we get a target. Wouldn't it be better for the King to run away from the chieftains and the executives? ”

It's not a big deal, it's nothing you can't do. But, honestly, I didn't feel the same way. Because Baek Hyun really didn't have any expectations for Ghost. I'd rather expect an opponent like the Heavenly Zone to be strong than an apostle.

“And... this is a personal favor. ”

I was lucky when the pregnancy swallowed up.

“I'm so worried that Sua hasn't heard from me. Can you find out? ”

“Didn't you go to the apostolic trials? ”

“Even so, it seems that the parent's mind... Oh, I'm not the mother of Sue. I can't help but worry about the position of the Director of Korean Abyss Management. ”

Rather, I was moved by this rather than asking for Ghost. It was because Baek Hyun was also worried about Sung-ah, who had no contact.

“The last place Sua was contacted was in the eastern residential area of Suhan. If you don't mind, can you find out? ”

“Got it.”

Upon leaving the Bureau of Management, I checked the list of hunters I had saved through Afras. The list of hunters who had contracted with the Black Rose Queen was not updated at all until two years ago.

What happened two years ago? ’

The Nightmare Decider told me what happened to the Black Rose's goddess, but did not tell me in detail what happened. It seemed clear that telling the story around Bing Bing was not intended to deceive Baek Hyun.

‘If it was just telling stories, you could have sent Hunter. It wasn't... because I couldn't. Why?'

The first thing that came to mind was the same ‘corruption’ as the armor of the battlefield. What if the Black Rose was exposed to chaos like a warrior spirit and slowly went through the process of corruption and ended up corrupting? But the recklessness of the hunters who signed the contract with the Black Rose Queen was not confirmed, and she didn't deliver the message at the end of the tutorial either to Baek Hyun and Sarah?

"No."

That is not evidence of the Black Rose not being corrupted.

Baek Hyun saw the record of Afras and learned that the identity of the masked monster was the reverse. On that subject, the Reverend Angel was constantly contracting with humans to create a Hunter, and he also sent a message to Baek Hyun and Sarah after the tutorial was over. In other words, corruption does not necessarily lead to an unconditional loss of rapidity. Perhaps even the Black Rose Queen has become an inverted angel. It was only an inference yet, but it was a great achievement just to confirm it.

“Tell Sarah I'm going to Abyss. ”

[Yes, I understand.]

Still, there was more to find out.

*

Iron Blood Bow.

In a few months, the sanctuary of the incoming spirit has changed to a different atmosphere than when it came at the end. It was still a desolate desert, with a huge citadel in the middle of it. The monstrous monsters who lived there did not see the white whites and scream at the whales. Rather, they saw Baek Hyun from across the desert, opened the gates of the Iron Blood Palace and greeted him politely, and even bowed down flat.

“What's wrong with you guys? Disappointed.”

“I see the Silver Man of the Iron Blood Bow. ”

“Good to see you, Silver Man! ”

The monsters shouted in a loud voice, and Baek Hyun looked trembling. In fact, from their point of view, it was true that Baek Hyun was a metaphor. If Baek Hyun had not defeated the warrior spirit, they would have fallen with the spirit and become monsters who lost themselves.

“Suddenly you're here. ”

At the top of the high staircase leading to the palace, the spirit of the time stood behind it. Baek Hyun, who jumped up the stairs, smiled as he looked at the face of the spirit. Soft. Last time I saw it, I felt like I was just being sharp and wearing the right outfit somewhere, but now I feel pretty sharp.

“I thought you wouldn't let me in. ”

“You can't be a doorman to an obvious visitor. ”

The spirit turns around while saying so. Baek Hyun follows the spirit that enters the castle and looks back. The monsters were still prostrating down there.

“That's not what you told me, is it? ”

“It's what they want to do. Why would I do something like that? ”

“Tell him not to. What a silverman.”

“It's true that you are the keeper of the Iron Blood Palace. I also think of you as a keeper. ”

What a silverman. Baek Hyun mutters in a small voice. I didn't want to get the rapids like that, nor did I want to handle the Iron Bow, so I gave it to Yeonyun. As a result, Yeon-hyun had to commit a defeat that killed his father with my hand, and Baek Hyun had a pale guilt towards Yeon-hyun for it.

“You've changed a lot. ”

“Only the darkness was lifted. Little has changed since then. ”

The castle was spacious and magnificent, and in the centre was a disfigured throne that did not match the surrounding landscape. Baek Hyun smiled and pointed to the throne with his hands.

“As it was then. I thought I made it that way because I didn't notice. ”

“You don't have to brag to anyone, do you need to be fancy? ”

And the spirit went and sat on the throne. Then a new throne for Baek Hyun appeared across from the throne.

“So, why did you come all of a sudden? ”

When I saw Baek Hyun sitting down, I asked him a question.

“I'm not here to talk about the world. Are you here to see my face? ”

“A humble man. He's never been here since then. I've been busy, too, haven't you? ”

The spirit smiled.

“It was hard to adapt to the rapids. I still haven't fully adapted. I've only adapted to the urgent needs first. ”

“That much? ”

That sounds pretty amazing. Baek Hyun recognized Yeon Ryeong-un as armed and unmanned. Before the rapids, Yeon-ryun was half a dozen feet ahead of Baek Hyun, and would not have been so hopelessly defeated had he not suffered from the temptation of the heart even when he fought in the Iron Blood Palace.

“Managing sovereignty is completely different from getting used to it. Humans out there. Looking at them, leveling them up, lowering their power... Maybe if you were armed, you'd hit them right away. ”

“So I didn't. ”

“I don't think I'm here to get my speed back. ”

It looks like you've been drifting. Baek Hyun shakes his head with a look of disgust.

“You said you don't have to give it to me. I'm here because I want to ask you a few questions. ”

“Something?”

Baek Hyun asked about it before leaving the Iron Blood Palace. It was the first time I heard a voice. When he kills the spirit, sends out the Reverse Puncher, and leaves the Iron Blood Bow. In the midst of a short flotation...

[...] is watching you.]

“... what happened? No, nothing happened. ”

An armed spirit shakes his head for a moment.

“There was nothing else involved. I didn't detect anything at that moment. ”

“Hmm.”

I asked you if you wanted to come, but the spirit didn't know anything.

‘What's inside me. ’

The martyr said it was strange.

The nightmare maker said it was chaos.

"The Throne of Abyss..."

Selfless chaos. The owner of Abyss. Abyss was created because the throne of Abyss was born. Abyss lost its owner because he returned to chaos. This is what the world looks like now, thanks to the chaos he left behind and the 20 rapids pushed against Abyss.

Is what is in me the throne of Abyss? Since when? There's no way I've been here since I was born. So when you first came to Abyss? No, it's not. If so, when I first heard your voice.

‘Seeing as I killed an armed man. Are you interested in me? ’

If that's the case, what does the throne of Abyss want? No, he's a crackdown. The throne of Abyss has not yet been confirmed to be inside Baek Hyun.

“The monster is an inverse puncture. ”

Baek Hyun twisted his legs and said,

He said it without much weight, but the spirit didn't listen to him like that. As soon as he heard it, the spirit stood up and opened his eyes. In his awe, the entire Iron Bow was shaken. Baek Hyun blinks as he feels the waves of space.

“... what a surprise. ”

After standing for a while and staring at the ceiling, the spirit sat down again.

“I knew it. ”

“What the hell are you doing? It's like you're surprised. ”

Baek Hyun looks ridiculous, but the spirit hasn't changed a single look.

“I thought his identity was an inverted puncture. What are you going to do? ”

“What do you do? ”

“Are you saying you want to leave me alone? ”

“What, I'm not an apostle of justice, and I have to stand up and defeat a man who doesn't crash? ”

Baek Hyun mutters as he digs his ears. I turned to the horror that caught my eye.

“But why did you come to tell me? ”

“I think you should know. Why didn't you tell me? ”

I answered the question again. When you look at Baek Hyun with a slightly bruised eye, the spirit lowers its head slightly.

“... thank you. ”

The death of the warrior spirit was accomplished by the hands of Baek Hyun and Yeolyun, but it was the reverse puncture that provided his corruption. Even though it was a cumbersome self-rationalization, he did not want to leave the reverse puncture as his son, Yeonyun.

“There's nothing to be thankful for, because I'm here to ask you a few more questions. ”

“What?”

“The Black Rose Queen.”

I heard about her to the serpent of regeneration, and to Afras. The more information, the better. In particular, there was a reason why Baek Hyun asked the armed forces for this.

According to Afras' information, the armed forces of the battlefield had clashed with the Black Rose Queen twice.

“... that's a terrible name. ”

I'm pale with the face of a ghost.

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