Chapter 337:
It was not long ago that Jin Cheong-woon heard the voice of Praytion.
He did not know anything about Praytion’s existence when he just obtained a fragment of the Codex and glimpsed a part of the truth of this world.
But later, as he captured many returnees and retrieved fragments from others, when the number of fragments reached a certain level.
He felt the thoughts of a being that came to him.
That was Praytion, the fifth king of stories that was unknown to this world, and he was hiding his body in the genesis system for some reason.
When he first made contact with him, Jin Cheong-woon felt puzzled.
‘Why does such a being show interest in me?’
He was the leader of Unleashed, but he did not overestimate himself.
If what Praytion said when he introduced himself was true, he was a formidable being who could rival the first generation Divine Spirits.
It was suspicious rather than pleasing that such a being would be interested in him, who was nothing more than a human of the lower world.
To Jin Cheong-woon, Praytion ‘showed him’ why he spoke to him and what would happen to this world in the future.
Yes. It was a strange experience that could only be described as showing him.
His mind stretched far beyond the universe, and he could see the flow of this huge world at a glance.
And, he had no choice but to realize it as soon as he saw that sight.
The rest of the truth of this world that he did not know, and how this world would be in the future.
Jin Cheong-woon held hands with Praytion. Praytion’s existence was a great help to him beyond agreeing with his will.
‘I can’t let Exodus bastards use me forever.’
More than anything, the movements of Exodus tellers had changed quite sneakily lately. Their support, which had provided even the seeds of stories until then, had almost stopped abruptly.
Unleashed members regretted that part, but Jin Cheong-woon had expected that time to come someday.
‘It doesn’t matter. Now I have completed the last puzzle to save the world.’
The earth, and even this genesis system.
They were able to stop the path of destruction.
‘Of course, it’s just a postponement, but for now, this is the best…’
“Boss.”
Then Shena Lynch approached Jin Cheong-woon.
“What is it? Shena.”
“I have something to ask you about this operation.”
“What is it?”
“Why don’t you target Kang Yu-hyun teller?”
Shena Lynch knew that Jin Cheong-woon brought other external forces to Korea. The same was true for Unleashed’s executives.
They also decided to move separately without external forces, but the problem was that the next target that Jin Cheong-woon said was completely unexpected.
“Kwon Jia collector. Why are you targeting Mad dog?”
That was why Shena Lynch did not understand.
The highest priority target for Jin Cheong-woon in this operation was Kwon Jia, not anyone else.
She could understand if it was Kang Yu-hyun teller. His existence was a very serious problem for Unleashed.
He had not shown up in public for a few weeks, but he did not do that anymore.
The first thing they had to eliminate was Kang Yu-hyun teller.
But Jin Cheong-woon decided to target Mad dog Kwon Jia, his contractor. And not even the first one, but the second one.
“You wouldn’t understand even if I told you.”
“Are we so stupid?”
“No, of course not. You are my great comrades. But Shena, what I said is not just beating around the bush. You really wouldn’t understand even if I told you.”
“I still don’t know why the boss is targeting Mad dog.”
“Yes. It’s natural that you don’t know. You can’t help but not know.”
Jin Cheong-woon chuckled as if he found it amusing.
Before Shena could say anything with a frown, Jin Cheong-woon’s laughter stopped abruptly.
“Shena. And I’m sure other comrades don’t know either, but there is something huge that we don’t know about Kwon Jia collector.”
“Something huge? How do you know that? Is it a prophecy?”
“A prophecy… maybe.”
Jin Cheong-woon did not say anything more. Shena realized that he was hiding the most important fact from them and bit her lip.
Jin Cheong-woon’s actions lately were hard to understand even for her, who was his closest aide.
He used to say that he would create a world of collectors, but now Jin Cheong-woon was looking for something other than the initial ideology of Unleashed.
Was it that important? To the point of abandoning his precious comrades and hiding the truth from them?
“Shena. I’m counting on you to follow the plan.”
Shena was about to shout something with anger at his words, but she realized that she couldn’t when she met Jin Cheong-woon’s eyes.
No matter what anyone said, he was the center of Unleashed.
And he was the one who saved her, who was discriminated against, from this bottom life. He was the direction of her life that she decided to trust and follow no matter what.
“Okay.”
Shena finally answered with a weak voice.
Jin Cheong-woon would have said thank you for understanding here, but he didn’t this time. Or maybe he wouldn’t ever.
Shena lamented how it came to this, but she moved for the operation.
***
“I didn’t expect them to move so fast.”
Yu-hyun still muttered with a serious face as he watched the golden light moving in real time.
“When do you think they will arrive?”
“It’s estimated to be three days.”
The one who answered was Yu-young-min. In his eyes facing the map, countless stories were swirling and analyzing the enemies’ movements.
It was similar to the skill related to the ‘eye of sight’ that long-range shooters usually had, but what Yoo Young-min was using now was a much higher skill than that.
It was the ultimate eye that could read not only the distant opponent, but also their movement and the flow of the battle.
[Thousand-Mile Eye].
“The arrival times are all similar. They overlap strangely. I don’t know what their purpose is for gathering here, but it doesn’t look like they’re here to shake hands with each other.”
“I suppose so. You must have recovered some kind of power through the bracelet while I was away. And you must have felt it. How peculiar their power is.”
Everyone nodded at Yu-hyun’s question.
They still didn’t know the true nature of the fragments, but everyone gathered here felt the power of the golden-eyed people.
The power that transcended common sense that they showed. It was completely different from the [trait] that some of the awakened collectors could obtain.
“They will probably gather where our White Flower Management is. They must have noticed that we are recovering the power they have.”
To plunder our power.
Or to eliminate us before they lose theirs.
The reason would be one of the two, but neither was a good intention. A fight was inevitable, and the aftermath of the fight would surpass that of an average high-level collector.
In the worst case, they could not rule out the possibility that they were bookworms under Praytion’s patronage.
“Should we ask for help from the association?”
“What are you going to say to them and ask for help?”
“Well…”
Kang Hye-rim was speechless.
She also felt something while recovering the fragments. The unknown power that she absorbed through the bracelet after knocking down the opponent, it was something that a normal person could not even perceive.
She was also uneasy while absorbing it. If it weren’t for the bracelet that Yu-hyun gave her, she might not have even felt that such a thing existed.
A more unknown power beyond the existence of a collector.
It still felt like a dream that such a power existed.
It was a really strange thing. If it weren’t for the bracelet that Yu-hyun gave her, if she wasn’t wearing it now, she might have lost all her memories related to this.
“As you all felt, this mysterious power is very peculiar. It’s hard to perceive even when you’re close to it, and even if you’re a little bit away, your memory of feeling it disappears like water flowing away.”
Yu-hyun’s words pierced through their inner thoughts and everyone closed their mouths.
“I told you. Feel this power, but don’t try to know it.”
“Why?”
“Because it’s not you who choose the power, but the power chooses you. Those who are not chosen cannot even feel the convenience of this power.”
“What about you?”
“I was chosen. That’s why I’m collecting this power, and I used a little trick to make you able to recover this power. In other words, no one can perceive it unless you do this much.”
The meaning of his words was simple.
They couldn’t get help from the association. The association couldn’t even recognize this danger coming.
They couldn’t notice the enemy even if they tried to do something.
And if they wanted the association to intervene, they had to wait until after they did something.
They couldn’t leave them alone in a situation where they didn’t know what would happen. There would be deaths that couldn’t be handled by just the aftermath of the fight.
“We have to defeat them individually as a priority before they come to us. In a place where there are as few people as possible.”
There were five people with fragments at hand.
And there were exactly five people on this side.
One per person. Could there be a simpler formula than this?
“It will be hard. They will be much stronger than those you have recovered so far.”
If it was single combat, it would be a very strong opponent in one-on-one.
If it was a group, it would be a situation where one had to face many alone.
It wasn’t a situation where they could ask for other support either. At best, they could only gather people who had personal connections.
Considering the level of the opponent, anyone less than a high-level collector would only be a hindrance.
Yu-hyun was worried if his companions could do this well.
But still.
“You can do well, right?”
They couldn’t always protect them and take care of them.
They worked hard to become stronger while he was away. They proved that they could do it by perfectly performing the recovery of fragments.
So he had no choice but to trust and entrust them.
“Of course!”
“We’ve already done well even when you were away.” “Rather, it was too boring until then. I didn’t even warm up.”
“You don’t have to worry, brother. I can do well.”
Yu-hyun nodded his head with satisfaction at the four people’s confident answers.
“Good. Then let’s do our best to prepare for the next three days.”
“Yes!”
***
The time of three days passed quickly.
Yu-hyun, Kang Hye-rim, Kwon Jia, Seo Sumin, and Yoo Young-min stood in their respective positions.
The enemies were moving with a peculiar power. They didn’t come to Korea by plane or ship. Rather, they crossed the border more secretly than that.
A secret movement that no information agency could catch.
But on this side, there was a map that could read the location of the fragments.
“Ah. This is Alpha. Can you all hear me?”
Yu-hyun sent a flare to everyone from a deep valley where no one was.
[Yes! This is Bravo! I can hear you!]
[This is Charlie. Reception good.]
[Delta. I can hear you well. I’m looking forward to it.]
[This is Echo. I can hear you well.]
“You all see the map, right? It’s about time they get here.”
Golden flashes flickered and crossed the border, approaching the Korean peninsula.
And they came from five different directions without colliding with each other.
That’s why White Flower Management also split into five and guarded their own areas.
Yu-hyun was near Bukhansan.
Kang Hye-rim was at Incheon Port.
Kwon Jia was in the mountains near Gangwon-do.
Seo Sumin was in front of Jindo.
Yoo Young-min was at Busan coast.
“We’ll deal with them on our line before they step on the border.”
It was a tense moment, but Yu-hyun decided to trust his colleagues.
It was a dangerous challenge to fight against the enemies with fragments, but Yu-hyun saw this crisis as a new opportunity to leap forward.
If the ones with fragments gathered in one place like this, he wouldn’t have to bother finding and recovering them one by one.
Rather, this was the chance to recover most of the fragments that existed on Earth at once.
Hoot.
The white owl flying in the sky shared its sight with Yu-hyun and cried softly. The owl had grown to the size of an adult owl and showed a much more majestic appearance than before.
Through the owl’s sight, he saw a person appear as the air rippled.
This side was not a group, but an individual. The person who had recovered all the fragments near Russia by himself.
“Let’s begin.”
Yu-hyun put on Aporia’s mask on his face.
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