The Live

Midtown.

The worst part of the world where so many different kinds of monsters appear, and sometimes intelligent monsters.

Unlike other hunting grounds between the city and the city, the intermediate areas are not classified as hunting grounds. It was more forbidden than the Demon Forest.

In fact, because there was an intermediate region, neither angels, demons, nor humans were easily moving.

It takes too much sacrifice to cross the middle zone.

“You look disgusting. ”

“Careful. We're not in the middle of nowhere yet. ”

Ten of them set foot inside the intermediate region.

They were the agents from each of the five clans.

Excellent skills for rankers or sub rankers. Their role was to create a map of the intermediate region.

“Knng. Do I have to look this way? I'm a little nervous.”

“The Demon Faction, Angel Faction, this way is the quickest way. Wouldn't it be most likely this way if they came through? ”

Agents have been around for a long time.

The middle was as important as the danger.

Beware of demons and angels, even secondly, because there was a theory that there was a Holy Grail somewhere in the middle of that vast area.

“That doesn't mean it's that dangerous? I don't want to. ”

“Come to your senses. So you're still going back to your old life? Didn't you hear about that a while ago? ”

At some point, the agents lingered and continued to wander only within the known area. It was the appearance of those who settled down at the present time.

But those agents also knew about what happened about half a year ago.

The appearance of the Devil, the Devil's Tree, and the confrontation of the Devil with the Murder Clan.

It was a great stimulus for many people and agents.

With the advent of the Devil, the need to know about the intermediate region became even more prominent.

The architects couldn't play either.

“If the Clan doesn't make it this time, they will. In fact, we've been wandering around the same place for years, and it's time to start paying for food. ”

“Knng. Okay, got it. Okay, I'm coming. ”

The plaintiff who was complaining soon followed behind his colleagues. No matter how familiar they were, the middle area was too dangerous for only one or two people to survive separately.

Eventually, they set foot deep into the middle area that had been delayed for a long time.

And…….

“Ahhhh!"

“Shhhhh!"

Those who went in and out of the intermediate area like an empty house, crossed the river, never to return.

* * *

“You're crazy, but you're crazy. ”

Elvin, who was silent for a moment, said the first thing.

Lois, who was sensitive to harsh words, also kept quiet this time. It was because she agrees with the words during her disagreement.

“Been in the Forest of the Devil, has his liver gotten bigger? ”

“... It's a little harsh, but I agree with Elvin. Why don't you reconsider the middle zone? ”

Royse asked, turning his gaze to the norm.

The look in his eyes was saying, 'Dry it off.'

Regular meets her eyes and scratches her head with a shrugged face.

“I can be different. I'm just following him. ”

Regular smiling awkwardly soon sighed.

That didn't stop me. Midland is the most dangerous place on the other side.

However, as always, Yoon Jae was not persuaded. The routine that had already failed several times was decided to just follow along, as always.

“I'm not saying I want to go right now. I know the middle zone is dangerous, too. I'm going to get enough information, get ready, and then I'm going to leave in about ten days. ”

“Ten days... What a load of crap. ”

Not ten days, but a few years.

It wasn't just the two of us in the middle.

Elvin doesn't want to, but he presses it down for a moment and asks.

“Is there something else? ”

Elvin's voice was meaningful.

The word ‘again this time'.

It sounded as if he had known something before.

Yun Jae answered the question without hesitation.

“I got a quest in the Devil Forest. ”

“Quests?"

Elvin's face hardens.

I got a quest from the Devil Forest. That's the first I've heard of it.

Of course, it was not a very unlikely story. The Forest of the Devil was undisclosed enough to be forbidden.

It wasn't strange that there were still some unresolved quests, because we didn't know what was there.

“Does the quest have something to do with the intermediate region? ”

“Yes, it was a quest to explore a particular area even in the middle. ”

“... That's a real pain in the ass. ”

Even though he said that, Elvin became a serious face.

‘A quest that connects to the middle area……. ’

At least Elvin knows there's never been a quest in the middle of nowhere. No, even if they did, most of them would have just listened and spilled.

In the middle of nowhere, it was dangerous. Whatever the reward, it won't be worth throwing your life away.

“Do you have to go? ”

“I have to go.”

“That was quick. ”

Elvin thinks about something for a moment and asks.

“Are you going alone this time? ”

“Wouldn't you say? ”

“I'll give you a planner. I'd rather go to that name than be killed by two. ”

Yoon Jae asked what a planner was.

Yun Jae nodded his head to Elvin's answer that he meant someone who could map and figure out the structure of the intermediate region.

“Then you should be grateful. Because if you have a planner, your survival rate will be higher. ”

There were too many things I didn't know about myself and the middle-class area.

For the remaining half year, I was going to explore the intermediate region in more detail, but if an experienced architect follows me, things will get easier.

“But there's a problem. ”

“Problem? What is it? ”

“Even if the planners get close, they are also close to rankers, so we might get dragged around, right? ”

“Is it uncomfortable that you don't have decision-making authority? ”

“Yes.”

“That's really tricky. ”

Saving the planner was not so difficult.

It was a trend to increase the number of architects in the voice of having to figure out the path to the intermediate regions where demons can pass right now.

It was easy to put Yoon Jae and Regular among the agents. At least I won't have to worry about you two being so good right now.

But it was separate for the two of you to have command and control among the planners.

In order to do that, we needed to have another team of architects focused on the two of us.

Elvin clears his mind for a moment and opens his mouth soon.

“I have your credentials, so I'll use them to talk to the Clan. I don't know if it'll work or not. ”

“Thank you."

“No need to thank me. I'm not so sure about this. Do it later if you want to thank me. ”

After the story, Elvin gets up quickly. Yoon Jae and Jung also tried to get up from the chair along with him.

“Don't get up. I have to go first. I'm getting up. ”

“Where are you going? ”

“I have someone I want to meet. And I'm gonna leave you behind. ”

Elvin comes out of the restaurant first, scratching his head with an annoying face.

“I didn't want him to get as close as he could.... ”

After a faint murmur, Elvin leaves the restaurant.

Yoon Jae asked Royce with a curious expression.

“Do you know who Mr. Elvin is going to see? ”

“Of course it's my clan's clan. Elvin hates the clan. ”

It was something I didn't understand.

You hate a clan so much that you're the leader of the clan.

“Then there's no reason to stay in the clan, is there? ”

“You don't have to like your boss to stay in the group. In fact, the Clan people everywhere are similar...... There are many people in the Skyscraper Clan who unexpectedly follow Elvin. ”

I don't understand.

Royse adds a voice that is really hard to understand.

Royse, who had always lived like a friend with him, could not understand why there were so many people following Elvin.

‘I think I know just the thing. ’

On the contrary, Yoon Jae and Jeong, who had only known Elvin for less than a year, seemed to know why.

Elvin was once held accountable to the end once he thought he was his own man. He pretended not to, but cared about his underlings quite a bit.

It was Elvin who mourned over the deaths of the clans below, even at the time of the Abram incident.

“Well, for the same reason... The clan leader hates Elvin, too. ”

“You don't like each other? ”

“Some clans might say Elvin wants to be the next clan. As clan members, it's a sight for sore eyes. ”

“It's complicated.”

It was worth hating each other for. Thinking about it, Elvin has been confused with many of his current high ranking figures.

‘Maybe the Clan leader is one of them. ’

Clan leader of the Skyscraper Clan.

I had heard the story once.

A master of the White Top Clan, the first generation to enter the underworld with a thousand.

The golden harp, Arhan.

Elvin went to see him now.

“Then we'll get up, too. ”

Royse asked, watching Yun Jae rise from his seat.

“Where are you going? ”

“I'm going to take a few days off. Lois told me that rest is part of your training, right? ”

In Yun Jae's reply, Royse nods satisfactorily.

“Do it. I always feel that Yoon Jae needs to rest. ”

“Farewell. ”

“Oh, I'll go, too. Thank you for the meal. ”

Regular woke up after Yoon Jae.

Regular people asked me on the way up to the assigned room.

“Are you sure about this quest or not? ”

Regular people have hardly ever been separated from Yun Jae in the Demon Forest.

Of course, I couldn't say that I was with Yun Jae all the time. Yoon Jae was often awake even when he was sleeping.

If there really was a quest, I was more likely to get it then.

“Half.”

Yoon Jae answered bluntly as always.

I looked at Yoon Jae with an unknown eye. If you're right, you're right, or you're not, what else is half real?

“Hey, you have to go, right? ”

It's been repeated ten times already.

However, Yoon Jae's answer was the same as always.

“Gotta go.”

“Is it because of that quest? ”

“Quest……. ”

Yoon Jae nodded with a heavy face.

“Yes."

Half of it was true.

Half.