The Hero Returns

Chapter 50: Chapter 50

The man opened his eyes wide as if Su-hyeun’s remarks caught him off guard. It seemed like Su-hyeun knew their situation well. They were supposed to be veiled, but he looked like he knew that they started to move for this situation.

“Maybe…”

The man with the big sword narrowed his eyes and stared at Su-hyeun.

“He does not want to fight us,” he thought.

It was a sense of incompatibility that he felt ever since he came to this place. Unlike other awakeners, Su-hyeun did not show any fighting spirit or a murderous spirit. It was hard to see those eyes belonged to a fighter, but he could read determination in them. He could not read everything from one’s eyes but at least the mood usually did not lie.

“Above all….”

The man swept his chest. He could feel his skin through the cut armor. If the wound was a little deeper, he might get a fatal injury. No, Su-hyeun could have even split his body.

“He just went easy on me. But why?”

The man of the sword, Kang Seung-Cheol recalled the director’s words.

“The man named Kim Su-hyeun joined the Dump Guild. Go kill him!”

That was what the hot-headed director told to him. It was the first order he got, but Kang Seung-Cheol was curious first of all.

“What kind of person is Kim Su-hyeun? Is he a genius as the rumors said? Or is he just one of the lucky men among many awakeners?”

He somewhat could tell the answer after he saw him in person.

“First, the rumor said he was a genius… Then, what is he hiding behind him?”

He was curious and had to satisfy his curiosity. There was only one thing he could do.

“I have to push him a little harder,” he thought.

Kang Seung-Cheol raised the sword again. He knew the first attack was his bad habit. When he did not know the enemy’s power, he used to rush for the first time. He trusted his power too much.

“Let’s take a deep breath…”

Sigh—

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. It helped him to refresh.

Whirl, whirl—

He put his magic into his sword. Since he realized the enemy was not an easy one, it was his turn to work with full force.

“Slowly, here I go again.”

Whizz—

As soon as Kang Seung-Cheol began to move, once more, dozens of chains stretched out toward Su-hyeun.

“They started again,” Su-hyeun thought.

Whizz—

Along with their motion, Su-hyeun started to move to the end of the chains. The chain stretched and narrowed, pressing Su-hyeun. When he wielded his sword to encumbering chains, they were cut with a smooth cross-section. He aimed the cores of the chains and cut them off. It almost looked like an unsurpassed ability. It was possible not just because Su-hyeun knew the weak spot of the chain but also because he had a sense that he could carry his cutting out very well.

“It’s amazing no matter how many times I see.”

Kang Seung-Cheol, watching Su-hyeun, wielded his tongue. He and his team got professional training and also experienced actual training going through the Tower of Trial. But he never thought that such a precise movement would be possible.

“Is he a real genius? Or did he get professional training like them?”

Or many be…

“Both?”

He stroked his big sword to Su-hyeun thinking about any chance. The short break that Su-hyeun cut the chain, he aimed, and without a moment to hold his position, he wielded the sword.

Boom—!

His power was as if the huge mountain falling. The big sword was filled with highly concentrated magic of Magic Level 6. It helped to bring his Strength to the climax. Strength was Kang Seung-Cheol’s specialty.

Boom, boom—!

Rumble—

A heavy strength and the big sword pressed Su-hyeun down. It was a strong strike. Kang Seung-Cheol did it with the intention of cut in half of Su-hyeun’s sword and body. But…

Crush, crush—

The big sword was blocked by Su-hyeun’s sword. It did not go down anymore.

“What the hell…”

He had wielded so he wouldn’t give him a chance to hold his position. As his intention, Su-hyeun was holding the sword with no proper position. But he still was not pushed away…

“He has more Strength than me…?”

He could not believe it. He focused most stats on Strength. And this guy had higher Strength than him. Moreover, the tip of the sword started to crack again. In this way, the sword might shatter and break soon. The difference between the sword was also obvious. Stats, skills, combat sense, as well as even owned items, were superior.

“Isn’t it a little scam?” Kang Seung-Cheol asked as if it was ridiculous.

Su-hyeun sneered as if he noticed the meaning of the word “scam.” It meant his sword, Gram.

“Why? Are you jealous?” Su-hyeun asked.

“Honestly, yes.”

“If you win, I will give it to you.”

“…No, thanks. It doesn’t seem like it’s going to happen,” Kang Seung-Cheol said.

“Win him? To this monster in front of me? Absurd!” he thought.

It was a short battle, but he knew something for sure.

Kang Seung-Cheol was the only A-ranked awakener in his team. The other nine awakeners were all B-ranked. It was enough military strength to attack a yellow dungeon. They cooperated and pushed Su-hyeun as if they were one body. But Su-hyeun was not killing anybody. He even didn’t fight back properly. Su-hyeun could enter the highest rank among the A-rank awakeners.

“If we want to catch him… We would have to bring at least twice as many people as we have now. No, that might be not enough either.”

Crack—

Kang Seung-Cheol stepped back from Su-hyeun and looked around. He had heard there would be additional personnel, and it looked like the director worked quickly. Other people already arrived.

“…That is a lot.”

They were awakeners of the civilian guilds who were not put into the dungeon attack. The manpower requested by the director was them. The awakeners from several upper guilds ranged from C-rank to B-rank to A-rank awakeners. The number of awakeners gathered there was close to a hundred units. There were many people, it was enough to attack even a green dungeon. Su-hyeun also knew their existence. He did not feel much embarrassed because he thought that there would be such a large number of people in the first place. However, he could see a familiar mark among them.

“…Ares Guild?” he thought.

He knew some guilds already. But Ares Guild was not supposed to be here. Su-hyeun looked around slowly. His gaze moved to the one side. At that moment, his eyes met with Hak-Joon.

“Why is he here?”

Their joining was certainly not on a schedule.

It was not particularly awkward, but he could not just accept the fact that the future had changed.

“It is 9:30.”

Su-hyeun checked the time with a watch on his wrist. The time had passed pretty much. The stamina went away about that much, but fortunately, his magic was still enough. Additional reinforcements were not necessarily bad news. Even if it would be difficult right now, it would make things easier later.

“So, what are you going to do now?” Kang Seung-Cheol faced Su-hyeun and laughed at him. “Now, will you fight?”

“I think you have been mistaken for a while…” Su-hyeun frowned, but his maks hid it, and he looked at Kang Seung-Cheol. “If I do, you are going to die.”

Shiver—

Kang Seung-Cheol raised his sword reflexively, as soon as he met Su-hyeun’s eyes through the mask. He felt like his neck would be beheaded.

“What, what the hell…”

The concentration of magic he felt at the instance was not something of A-Rank. So far, he had thought Su-hyeun was just out of the common among A-Rank awakeners that he just had excellence in the skill composition and proficiency…

“No way… Is he possibly… S-Rank?”

He thought that would be nonsense. He was only sophomore awakener. Being A-Rank would be far beyond common sense. He thought there would be no way Su-hyeun was S-Rank. Few people in the world ranked as S. In Korea, right at the moment, there were only five S-Rank. One of them was a mercenary and three were guild masters. One awakener belonged to the country, and he was like a leader in his team. As an individual, S-Rank was known as they had equal power of a large guild. That was the power of the S-rank awakeners. Su-hyeun’s gaze turned to the newly showed up awakeners of Ares Guild. And his eyes met Hak-Joon’s eyes.

“Now, 30 minutes left…” Su-hyeun thought.

When he looked up, there was full of clouds in the sky. The clouds gradually turned purple. It was close to the phenomenon, but at this moment no one cared about it. There were close to 130 people gathered.

“Now, I will have some fun,” Su-hyeun grinned as he was thinking.

Rumble, rumble—

Swish, boom, boom—

Numerous sword and spear flew to Su-hyeun. He struck them with his sword or grabbed them. He tried to save his Flame skill. He decided to save his magic rather than his health.

One-too-many fights always gave him a similar feeling. He felt like he fought with a monster of 100 heads and 200 arms. Moreover, he could not even fight back with a fatal attack. Su-hyeun’s eyes cooled down quickly. Other awakeners who were dealing with Su-hyeun felt the same way. It had been thirty minutes since they fought one vs. many. Because of the battle, the buildings around them were smashed and shattered.

“Don’t you think this is strange?” Hak-Joon got closer to Kim do-ui and asked.

“What do you mean?” Kim do-ui asked back.

“I mean this fight. No one actually tries to kill the other side.”

“That is because that man does not have a murderous spirit.”

“You mean, they lost their will to fight each other?”

“You are doing the same, aren’t you? Why do you ask me? I think we never met before,” Kim do-ui said.

“Because you’re just sitting back and watching from afar. You must have been ordered to catch Kim Su-hyeun from the agency, right?” Hak-Joon asked.

“Well, yes. If my thinking was wrong, I will just receive disciplinary measures. That’s all.”

“Thinking?”

“I was not sure but…”

Rumble—

Kim do-ui raised his head and looked up. There were dark clouds over the sky. The cloud continued to change its color, but now it had changed its color to green.

“I guess… It will really happen.”

“Yes?”

“Look carefully—” Kim do-ui opened his mouth.

Even if he did not say that, people started to notice a strange thing. Hak-Joon, who was standing next to Kim do-ui, looked up the sky as well.

“—the thing will happen here from now on.”