chapter 282
282 – An Old Man Wearing a Goblin Mask
Yeonsu, who was playfully wrinkling her nose at me, soon called someone, explained the current situation appropriately, and asked for support.
“Yes. No. About 600 people. Oh, really. I caused some kind of accident again. Really? Those are pitiful words for someone who lives a decent life.”
‘I had an accident just yesterday.’
Judging by the voice, the person on the other end of the phone was assumed to be an elderly man. He seemed to have a very difficult time talking on the phone.
‘Are you the president of the association?’
Even in her past life, she remembers often talking on the phone with the president of the association.
“Please send it quickly. It’s urgent. And please control the media well.”
– …!
“What? No, why are you talking about it now? You said you were giving money. Who is taking it? Who knows how long it takes to turn that amount into cash? Who is hoarding that much money in cash? This old man is really frustrating. You do it.”
– …!!
The two of them bickering seemed like something complicated, but I didn’t want to get involved at all.
And to be an inspiration to the president of the association… Sometimes I wonder if Yeonsoo is sane.
She quickly ended her call and gestured toward us.
“Yes, sister?”
“Guide me. To where the factory is.”
“Ah… Well, but…”
Yeonhee looked embarrassed at Yeonsu’s request.
When Yeonsu saw Yeonhee’s her expression her her, her eyebrows her furrowed for a moment.
“… Are you really worried about me? Are you afraid that I’ll end up like I did yesterday?”
“…”
“Hah?! Yeonhee? I’m Kang Yeon-soo. Kang Yeon-soo! Don’t you know me?”
“No, still…”
“Wow, really. How did I become such a waste that the D class worries? Ha-“
“You never know… If you stop again like yesterday…”
“It’s really okay. Just guide me quickly. I’ll destroy everything.”
Even after experiencing something like that yesterday, her actions were unstoppable.
Thinking that this could also be their trap, we carried out a strategy to extract people by ourselves. If this happens, our consideration becomes meaningless.
And they keep making it sound like they’re going right away, but I have to wait until the support team comes.
“Let’s go-“
“Keu-“
“Do you think you can overcome me if you hold on!”
Yeon-hee started to hold on to Yeon-su, but when Yeon-su grabbed her by the back and lifted her up, she hung in the air.
‘But I wonder if there is a countermeasure…?’
As I quietly watched Yeonsu, I felt like I was waiting to see the mysterious being I saw yesterday again.
‘That spell from yesterday could be activated again in some way if they want to. What is the countermeasure? It would be impossible to meaningfully increase the resistance level in one day.’
Now that it was confirmed that the head of the province could see the future, I couldn’t help but worry.
I looked at Yeonsu, but she just tapped my shoulder and gave me her wink.
‘I can’t stop you.’
We waited for the support team to arrive and prepared to leave for the factory as soon as they arrived.
“The two people you were trying to save were colleagues you recently partied with?”
“Yes… Is it okay if I leave it to them?”
“The team that has come now are trustworthy people among the association’s personnel. You don’t have to worry because they have been through the filter several times. And most of the antidotes for new drugs on the market are in stock at the association. I also planted a few of my people.”
“Yes. Then I understand.”
‘It’s from the association… But the training guarantees that much. You have to believe it.’
Yeonhee hugged Jinkyung and Jiwoo one last time, and then moved with us to a place where people couldn’t see.
“What do you want to do when you come here-“
The moment when Yeon-soo asks curiously.
– Hwaa—
Geomryong, summoned by Yeonhee, showed a majestic appearance.
After Geomryong was summoned, he made eye contact with Kang Yeonsu, and unlike when he looked at me, his eyes were very calm and sunken.
‘This bastard?! Was it strong and weak?’
I was so dumbfounded that I laughed inside.
But when Kang Yeon-soo saw Geomryong, his eyes sparkled like a child seeing a dinosaur for the first time in his life
“This, this, this… Is Drake, right?”
“Yes. Is this the first time you’ve seen it?”
“That’s the one I haven’t seen before. Is this… A shadow attribute? I guess summoned beasts often include people who aren’t in our world?”
“Kids like this don’t come out often… And it’s been a long time since they came out.”
“Really? Anyway, it’s really cool~! Are you going to always take this person with you like Ilwol? If he dies, will the magic stone fall?”
“It doesn’t fall like magic stones…”
“Really? That’s a shame. It’s really, really cute.”
‘Is that cute? Where are you going?’
Anyway, we picked up Yeonsu and moved back to where the factory was.
“Kyahahaha!! Yeonhee, look at this!!”
Yeonsu was hanging on the end of Geomryong’s tail as if she were riding an amusement ride, spinning in the air like a top.
Haha! It’s so fast! Sometimes, I get so upset when I drive in it!”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
‘When you look at things like that, you see that people are really pure.’
I nodded, feeling somewhat satisfied.
We arrived back at the factory not long after.
But it seems like something happened here in just that short period of time.
“Oh really…”
When we saw the underground factory blown up in the form of a huge crater, as if it had been hit by a nuclear bomb, we were momentarily speechless.
“Tch… Am I late?”
Anyway, when I came out, even the space where I gave birth was blown up with a bomb, so there wouldn’t have been much to save.
I didn’t expect it to be erased so cleanly without leaving a trace of dust.
‘I guess they didn’t kill the same team?’
If that were the case, a message would have appeared to me as well, so that’s probably not the case.
Yeonsu looked at the scene blankly for a moment and then contacted someone else.
“Please send an analysis team to my location now. No, not some half-baked person. The best person.”
– …What on earth do you think of me?
The person on the other end of the phone was shaking slightly at Kang Yeon-soo’s shamelessness.
Tirit-
But Kang Yeon-soo hung up the phone without even hearing the answer.
‘It’s amazing, really. Are you treating the president of the association like some kind of neighborhood grandfather?…’
“What should I do? Everyone disappeared… I’m sorry.”
Yeon-hee apologized for not calling Yeon-soo sooner, and Kang Yeon-soo expressed his regret, telling her to call me first from next time.
‘He is the strongest ally that can be called at any time…’
Both times we called, they were very large incidents. The next time we contacted her, she would come running.
With time still remaining, we talked a lot about what had happened inside the factory and how to chase after ‘the Tao’. Soon after, the team Yeonsu had requested arrived and began analyzing the underground space.
“The analysis results won’t come out until tomorrow. I don’t know what will come out if I mess up. Let’s wait for now.”
“Oh, yes.”
“But when are you going to take the promotion test?”
“I… I plan to see you tomorrow. I think today might be a bit much.”
“Really? Hmm… I see.”
“…Why are you doing that?”
Yeonhee asked Yeonhee, who seemed to have something to say, and she scratched her chin and said.
“Maeng Seong-yong will probably take on you, but listen to his story after the test. I declined for now. I think you might make a different decision.”
“Huh? What are you talking about…”
“Huh? I heard we talked about it once. Come to the association.”
“Ah! Yes, that’s right. I remember you saying that.”
“Puh-ha, you really forgot? After all, it was suggested by someone in that position. You are quite foolish.”
“Hehe…”
“First of all, I changed my mind a little after hearing that person’s story. I don’t think there’s any reason to stop you guys. You haven’t even joined our guild yet.”
The story is that even if he did not join the White Knight Guild and went directly to the Association, he would not be involved. Oh my… What is this?
‘What… Is there a reason for the number of lectures to be like this? What kind of justification was there to make this stubborn woman change her mind?’
It was already difficult to repay the support and help she gave us, so I couldn’t understand why she would now guarantee freedom of choice.
‘That expression… It gives me a chance to hear the story. He has a strong belief that it will come back to him anyway… Well, you’ll find out when you go tomorrow.’
We looked at the analysis team dumbfounded for a moment, feeling like this matter ended in a dull manner.
Then, just as I was about to say hello to Yeonsu and go home.
A huge energy suddenly radiated its presence in the sky, and Kang Yeon-soo and I simultaneously raised our heads toward the sky.
‘What is that again? Goblin mask?’
The being floating in the sky was wearing a goblin mask, and it fell down very slowly so as not to irritate us.
“Whoa-“
As soon as Kang Yeon-soo recognized its presence, he prepared himself for battle and began looking for an opportunity to attack. The momentum was fierce, as if there was nothing else to do but talk.
However, the monster wearing a goblin mask landed on the ground without any aggressive appearance. He looked at us for a moment and then spoke.
“He… Said it was meaningless, but I wanted to see at least once. “What kind of people are interfering with our great cause.”
‘The voice…’
It was a voice with deeper traces of time than that of the elderly man Kang Yeon-soo had spoken to on the phone.
“I was looking forward to it… But I’m losing steam.”
When the man came down to the ground, Yeonsu lifted his fighting stance.
That man was a monster no less than Kang Yeon-soo, if only in terms of his presence that I could sense. However, the moment the man landed on the ground, both she and I felt a little less tense.
‘What? Are you an early awakener? There won’t be many people who can move around freely like that…’
The old man wearing the goblin mask waved his hand as he looked at Kang Gang-soo, who still had a sinister look.
“Hehe, thank you for showing interest in this old man. I don’t have any intention of doing that today. But… I would like you to think about the consequences of what you are doing.”
“What kind of nonsense is this? Is there some kind of great excuse for doing something like that?”
“You know! Small sacrifices are inevitable in order to achieve something big. If it helps him even a little on the way to save this world, we won’t hesitate to become demons.”
‘What kind of pseudo-religion is this?’
Then Kang Soo slapped his forehead and shook his head.
“Oh my – Grandfather. Grandfather… If you want to grow old, you should grow old gracefully. You have become senile. If this is a world that needs to be protected by doing such things. It would be better to just ruin. It – what kind of bullshit are you talking about!”
“Heulheul – you are not communicating well as expected. More than that, summoner Lee Yeonhee. Take this.”
‘Hmm?’
The old man in the goblin mask threw something at Yeonhee, and I quickly caught it.
‘This… Is a grass flute that looks similar to a bracelet of solidarity. Why this?’
It was an item that looked similar to an item used to determine the location of party members within a dungeon.
“It’s something we call a ‘whistle’. If two people who have it use magical energy at the same time, they can talk even if they are far away. Think of it like a telephone.”
“?!”
We were started by the goblin’s words and looked at him questioningly.
“He… Seems to be curious about you, young lady. You will be honored. To be able to hear his voice his his his … Wow … What a blessing it is.”
‘It’s a plague.’