Turns Out To Be a Genius Duelist

El told me.

If you don't go up the tower soon, your precious opportunity will be lost.

That's why I focused on going up the tower without going to Yun Seok or Mu-rim.

But I couldn't help it this time.

‘I'll be fine for a day. ’

What good is it to have an opportunity to destroy the earth? Above all, there are parents on earth.

The call device has beeped.

We should at least check.

"I used a return ticket (Rank F).

"Return to Earth.

After tearing the ticket, Yoon-suk's body moved.

It wasn't the last decent hotel room I returned to.

Dozens of meters above clear blue skies shining brightly.

I wonder if the return point had changed for a while.

“ ……. ”

Yoon-suk, who was looking around as he fell down, clenched his fists.

It was a sudden mistake.

The place that came back was the one that was there before the return.

Just…….

It was as if all the surrounding buildings were being demolished as if they were being bombed.

What the hell happened?

Tak.

They will have the answer.

Several men approached around the yolk that landed lightly on the ground.

Yoon-seok, who saw a black man in the lead, released his boundaries.

“Ashton.”

“Thank you for coming. ”

I kicked a sword in my waist, but instead of medieval equipment, I think I should wear a suit that sticks.

It felt strange.

Then I always met him in the square. I had never seen him on Earth before.

Well, it wasn't important right now.

“What happened? ”

“Let's get in. I'll explain on the way.”

Yoon-suk, without speaking, boarded a helicopter that was waiting along Ashton.

Two or two!

The helicopter took off soon, and the higher it got, the more Yoon-suk lost his speech.

It was impossible to compare it to what it looked like just a few hundred feet up.

Seoul is literally ruined.

To be honest, I didn't feel real. Do I have to say it feels like I'm seeing CG in a movie even though I'm seeing it with my own eyes?

Yoon-suk, who was staring out the window silently, regained his mind.

“… what the hell is going on? ”

“Unfortunately, there was a rift in the middle of Seoul. It was an unusual scale that had never been observed in the world. ”

Thousands and thousands of invaders poured out, and an army of challengers stopped them.

Fortunately, there were not many civilian casualties, especially when one city was destroyed due to the timely evacuation.

“Then where are all the invaders? ”

“After three days of combat, I shot them all. The cracks were closed successfully. That was a week ago. ”

“ ……? ”

Yoon-suk tilted his head.

If the situation's been going on for a long time, and it's over, then why did you use the pager?

No, why didn't you tell me this the last time we met?

Yoon-suk's eyes sharpened.

But whether he had expected to, Ashton spoke boldly.

“When the rift first opened, governments from all over the country spoke. I need to call Yoon-suk right away to reduce the damage in case of an emergency. But the U.S. government, to be precise, strongly rejected me for it. ”

“Why?”

“Yoon-suk climbed the tower. because they decided it was more important. ”

“ ……. ”

Yoon-suk lost his words.

I appreciate his hunger, but even though there were fewer civilian casualties, Seoul itself was destroyed, is it more important to climb the tower than that?

There was something I needed to know before I understood him.

“How many people died? ”

“Approximately 3,000 people died in combat. ”

“What about civilians?”

“We've lost a lot of people, so we don't have the right tally yet. ”

“Tell me about it, roughly. ”

“… 180,000 people. This is the number that our intelligence department concluded. ”

180,000 dead.

And the entire capital of Korea was destroyed.

Economic damage from that would be lacking in astronomical representation.

My heart was full as if there was something inside.

“Why did you hide it? What can I say with my mouth, but I'm strong. It wouldn't have happened if I had just taken a day to get back. ”

“I know. I don't know about paperwork, but how could I not know that? ”

I became more confused.

Why would he make such a choice if he knew?

Because it's not just your country?

Or political reasons?

If that were the case, I would never speak to Ashton again.

I can't trust that guy to work.

“Then why did you do it? ”

“Because it doesn't end just this once. ”

Do you think fate can change that answer?

I don't know, but there was not even a single hesitation when I came back immediately.

“With each passing day, the cracks are getting bigger and bigger. Since Yoon-suk's visit, the level of challengers has improved greatly... but this will continue to happen over time. And I can't grab Yoon-suk's ankle every time. There are more important things to do. ”

“Important work? ”

“Climbing towers, becoming stronger. ”

Yoon-suk felt overwhelmed for a moment.

You think he's been like this since we first met?

There was a kind of frenzy in his eyes that I had never felt before.

“You are our hope. ”

“... Do you think even the 180,000 families who died in this incident would feel that way? ”

“Not right now. But they'll find out soon enough. because we're living in the age of the end. ”

“ ……. ”

Ashton's beliefs are right, aren't they?

Yoon-suk was unable to conclude the answer.

That's why we've decided to put the decision on hold and conclude with a question that can be resolved immediately.

“Ashton, I understand what you're thinking. And that makes me even more curious. If every day was so bad, why did you call me? ”

At first, I thought it was an intruder problem, but it turned out to be already resolved.

Then why did he come and page himself now?

Eshton opens his mouth with a rather heavy voice.

“There is something I must tell Yoon-suk. ”

“ ……? ”

“Three hours ago, Yoon-suk's parents became challengers. ”

* * *

The Tower of Perforation is a harsh place.

At this very moment, many people are dying there.

And my parents were taken to such a place.

When I heard about the death of 180,000 people, my silent fingertips trembled.

Maybe it was a big shock.

A black pulverizer, who had suppressed as much as he could, began to seep out of his body.

Ashton quickly cries out, fearing the unknown.

“Calm down. They're safe. ”

“How do you know that? ”

“Our agents have confirmed it! ”

“ ……? ”

I don't think I've had enough trouble for now.

Yoon-suk's strength was deepened.

A ticking time bomb?

He knew better than anyone that it just didn't look condensed.

“Thank goodness! My parents were familiar with the manual. ”

“Manuals?”

“You may not know it, but nowadays, we're mandatory to educate civilians around the world about perforated towers. It's a basic goal to take an adventure, find the agents who are waiting there, and get help. ”

“… I see. ”

Yoon-suk was also a little surprised.

I didn't know there was such a systematic countermeasure to the random summoning of the Perforated Tower.

“With the help of the agents, I was able to buy a ticket and transfer it this way at any time, but I decided it would be better if you stayed there. It's ironic, but it's safer than here these days. Of course, the decision is Yoon-suk's. ”

Instead of appealing to his emotions and asking him to believe, he faced Yoon-suk without avoiding him.

After talking for a long time, he knew the 'Enforcer's Eye' of Yoon-suk.

“I think it's better for my parents to be there.... Thank you."

Yoon-suk first expressed his gratitude sincerely.

But…….

“Of course, I did what I had to do……. ”

Eshton's response was a little strange.

He squirmed his shoulders like he was having a seizure, then stuttered until he said....

As he felt a kind of anxiety, Yoon-suk immediately checked his eyes. I couldn't focus my eyes on staring blankly ahead.

Ashton mutters indistinctly.

“Do you have a butt... …. ”

“ ……. ”

“Can you let me touch your butt? ”

Is it because of differences in human nature that we are able to speak politely even in a state of "mental disorder"?

I don't know, so it was even creepier.

* * *

Unlike at the stadium, I thought it would be okay because I didn't have to use magic to keep the 'law of the lady'.

But I wonder if the magic that came out before was the problem.

Seeing Ashton drooling, Yoon Seok immediately used the light of purification.

Magic consumption is no longer an issue, so I thought it might be easier to just keep on using it.

“I'm sorry, but the new technology I just acquired is still out of control. ”

Yoon-suk apologized to him when he woke up.

Then the unexpected answer returned.

“… Oh, did I just lose my mind? I thought you put up quite a bit of anti-magic, but that's a great technique. ”

“Don't you remember? ”

“Yes, I don't remember. ”

Ashton replied immediately.

Perhaps I was even more assertive than when I revealed my beliefs to Yoon-suk earlier.

It was a little strange.

When she woke up after months of confusion, she remembered everything exactly.

Is it different for everyone?

I don't know, but I decided to do that.

If that's what they want.

“ ……. ”

“ ……. ”

Inside the helicopter facing each other.

The awkward static that could not be hidden by the sound of the propeller's voice sank.

Yoon-suk, who was looking out the window for a moment, suddenly opened his mouth as if he had remembered.

“But where are we going now? ”

“Oh, you didn't tell me that. First, I called Yoon-suk to tell him about his work with his parents, but there are other reasons. ”

“Another reason? ”

“Yes, of course, that's not enough to waste Yoon-suk's day... …. ”

“Now that you've called me, you want to push me around? ”

Yoon-suk said as a joke.

Did he read the intention to soften things up a bit? Ashton smiled and replied lightly.

“Yes, I'm not wrong. In fact, there was a request at the top to ask Yoon-suk to give a lecture. ”

“A speech?”

“Do you remember the challenger academy I told you about? ”

Then there was that.

All the information that humankind had found about the perforated towers was like a recorded database, a place to train new challengers willing to go upstairs.

“Most of the people listening to the lecture are low-level challengers… but if Yoon-suk says he's on the strong side, he'll be in trouble. ”

“A commotion?”

“Yes. All the potential players in each heavy-ass country are going to attend. Just in time to cross the sea on a plane. ”

Ashton said as if it were natural, but Yoon-suk felt something sudden.

I didn't realize it was just the tower for a while, but I still felt the change around me.

I just went up the tower.

First for survival, now for personal ideals.

But so did Ashton, who said it was his only hope, and it was very awkward to be treated like a mysteriously great person.

“Anyway, this is a request from above, so it doesn't matter if you refuse. But more importantly, I want to show you something. ”

“ ……? ”

“You'll see soon enough, so you'd better see for yourself. ”

I think he took the helicopter because he said, 'I'll show you...'

We flew about five more minutes to our destination.

“There's so much fog, I can see it now. That's it.”

Ashton points his finger out the window and asks.

“What does Yoon-suk look like? ”

Maybe he's not asking because he doesn't know.

He's a real challenger, too, because he wouldn't know it if he didn't.

I don't know why it's here, but that thing that came out over the sea...

It was a perforated tower.