The Hero Returns Chapter 51

Chapter 51: Chapter 51

Roar, roar—

The flurries of snow got stronger. The awakeners, aware of the magic that began to mix between the snowflakes, stopped their movent and looked around.

It started.

“Heew—”

Su-hyeun, who was moving in a hurry, barely took his breath.

He moved his hand to his sweaty mask. Then, he pushed the button and took off the mask that covered his face.

Click—

People made commotions at his sudden action. The ridiculous mask was removed. The face of Su-hyeun was revealed. All eyes were on him. They were curious about not just his face but also the reason why he was taking the mask off now.

“From now on...” Su-hyeun said.

Hak-Joon who saw Su-hyeun’s face strained his eyes.

“Su-hyeun?” Hak-Joon thought in surprise.

When everyone’s gaze was gathered to him, Su-hyeun opened his mouth with magic in his voice. “Everyone gathered here must fight together.”

“What is he talking about?”

“We are doing that right now.”

“Does he an the thing over there?”

The commotion did not disappear easily. But obviously, their hostility to Su-hyeun disappeared almost entirely. At the mont, they thought they had to concentrate on the huge ss of the magic that was growing above their heads, rather than the hostility or fighting against Su-hyeun.

“Soon, there will a be dungeon outbreak here.”

“Dungeon outbreak?”

“I have not heard that a dungeon has occurred here?”

“No way, really?”

“Seriously...?”

“Where the hell is that dungeon...?”

There was a mix of questions and embarrassnt in commotion.

“The outbreak speed of the dungeon will continue to change. Among them...,” Su-hyeun looked at the green clouds rising above his head and continued to say, “Like the dungeon that appeared above, there will be a dungeon that bursts in a few hours.”

The rate of dungeon occurrence and the rate of outbreak changed every minute, especially the place of dungeon occurrence was not sothing to able to predict yet. It was the sa with deford dungeons. Su-hyeun was pointing that out. The world was too peaceful to think and aware of the dangers. He looked around and raised his magic once again.

Whoosh—

“Ok. My acting is over.”

A huge fla encircled him. When the fla shined in blue shrouded in all directions, other awakeners was overwheld and stepped back.

“I need your help. Please help .”

Su-hyeun bowed his head to everyone. He looked like he had no intention of fighting. People felt relieved that the huge and overwhelming power was not sothing for them. They also felt sothing hot fernted inside them.

Glug—

The one person who watched held his breath. The man, Kang Seung-Cheol, who just fought with Su-hyeun using the big sword, felt dejected and dropped his sword by his side.

“It was real,” he thought.

He tried to deny the possibility during the whole ti he was fighting. Su-hyeun magic, stamina, and a sense of battle did not dry out throughout the battle with hundreds of people.

“The reason why that was possible. It was because he is S-rank.”

He could feel vividly with his skin, the concentration and factor of magic around Su-hyeun at the mont. It was certainly above his A-rank magic. It must be the magic of S-rank. Everyone was confused.

But even before the chaos went away, change began.

Kyaaaa—!

A huge cry ca out of the sky.

Kyaak, kyaaak—!

Woof, wooof—!

It was not one or two. How many howls? Dozens, hundreds? No, it seed like more than that. There was only one such phenonon. And not many of the awakeners present here had seen the phenonon with their own eyes. Kim Do-ui, who had been working as an awakener for a long ti, was convinced.

“It is a dungeon outbreak.”

The dungeon hadn’t even appeared yet, but there was a dungeon outbreak. A cloud of green light over the sky–that was the dungeon.

“Not from at this ti—”

Kim Do-ui, who watched the fight between Su-hyeun and other awakeners all the ti, walked forward and opened his mouth.

“—Everyone covers Kim Su-hyeun!”

“Yes?”

“What do you an...?”

Among the awakeners of the country, Kim Do-ui had the highest command. So people seed embarrassed at his command, but so of them nodded quickly. It was the sa with awakeners who belonged to guilds. In the first place, they started to not think Su-hyeun as the enemy and suddenly there were cries of monsters. Moreover, Su-hyeun had taken off his mask and asked for help. They were not foolish. They could realize the aning of what Su-hyeun did so far.

“Damn it. He could just talk.”

“Who would have believed in words?”

“What is the world co to?”

Although they complained, one-by-one the awakeners had a confrontational attitude and prepared to fight. No one recognized Su-hyeun as an enemy anymore. Su-hyeun glanced at his watch and checked the ti.

“It is at 10:00 p.m. Now it starts,” he thought.

Kyaooo—!

Shadows cast over the clouds. The thing made the sound gradually got closer and began to show up. There were hundreds of monsters. There were one-eyed pterosaurs, sharks with wings, giant elephants, and giant earthworms. It was a familiar image.

Su-hyeun injected his magic to Gram to sharpen the blade more. So far, he swung his sword in the sense of blocking and hitting rather than cutting. But...

“Now, I will cut.”

Whoosh—

The magic began to move according to Su-hyeun’s will. As if it had a will, Gram started to resonate with Su-hyeun’s magic.

Kick, kick, kick—

Su-hyeun jumped high with the Leap skill and cut the sky as hard as possible.

Rip—!

Act 4

“S-sir!”

Slam—

The worker of the agency suddenly opened the door and ca in. The director looked at the face of him and asked as if he was irritated.

“What?”

The director, who valued case and courtesy, did not like the sudden visit. But the face of the man who ca to the director’s office was urgent enough to not care about the director’s look.

“D-did you hear the news?”

“What news?”

Ring, ring, ring—

At that mont, the director’s phone rang loudly. The call sounded ominous. The director felt a chill. He thought maybe the man’s visiting would have the sa purpose as this phone call.

“What is going on?

“Sir. The outbreak happened.”

“Outbreak? Did they fail to conquer the green dungeon?” the director asked.

He thought that would not be possible, but he asked just in case. Even an S-rank awakener joined in the mission. There would be no way to fail. Moreover, there were many A-rank awakens, as well.

“N-no, sir.”

“What? No? Are you acting rashly with an outbreak of another small dungeon?”

“It happened in Anyang,” the man who ran in a hurry gasped and answered.

The director’s eyes got wide while he was watching the man who tried to catch the breath and prepared the next words.

“An...yang...?”

“No way.” The ominous thought crossed the director’s mind. Ant that feeling was not wrong as always.

“Yes, sir. It is a green dungeon. Now the awakeners who went there to stop the terrorist are fighting,” the man answered.

“There was no dungeon there. An outbreak? What bullshit are you talking about?”

Bang—

The director slamd the desk. The man calmly continued to say as if he had expected the director’s response.

“Well... We could not figure out the cause either. We just consider it a strange phenonon just like when the first dungeon had appeared.”

“Then what about Kim Su-hyeun?”

“He is fighting against monsters with other people.”

“What?”

“The report from the agent just arrived now. He was not a terrorist,” the man continued speaking in a confident voice, “Kim Su-hyeun is the hero of Anyang City.”

Slash—!

When Su-hyeun wrapped his body with Fla skill and swung his sword, the body of the giant monster cut in half.

Crack—

The monster, who ran into Su-hyeun to swallow him in one bite, began to fall to the ground, splitting his body from side to side. Su-hyeun used its body as a steppingstone and jumped higher.

Swish—

He could see the next target.

[You have used the skill Provocation.]

[The enemies around you, except for the designated target, recognize you as an enemy.]

Nurous monsters looked at Su-hyeun. Their hostility pierced Su-hyeun’s skin. He raised his magic to endure it. He wrapped his body with multiple layers of Fla.

[Indomitable body.]

[The transfiguration skill: Imoogi.]

Crack, crack—

Whack—

The scales of the Imoogi began to grow on Su-hyeun’s body. He could not fly like a real Imoogi, but he could mimic the ability to keep his body floating. He could use the Leap skill, and there were a lot of monsters he could use as stepstones, so an air battle was not a problem.

“Good,” he thought.

The physical ability rose to the highest point, and there was the Fla that was sharply worn all over his body.

Kiyaaa—

A lot of monsters filled Su-hyeun’s eyes. Other awakeners were preparing various skills to catch them, but he did not care.

“Ok, here I go.”

Whoosh—

Kukguk, Kukwook—

The preparation for the leap was over. It felt like Gram shouting to use it quickly.

“One, two, three.” He counted in his head.

Swish—

Su-hyeun’s body penetrated the crowd of monsters.

Kyiaaa, kyiaaaa—

Krrr, krrrr—

Slash, slash, slash—

Drop—

The monster’s body began to fall one by one.

Stab—

One!

Whoosh, boom, boom, boom—!

Two, three, four!

Sssss, Crack, crack—!

Ten... Twenty!

The blue fla filled with enormous magic swept. The sword shredded and cut everywhere. He ignored the claws and teeth of the monsters. Instead of avoiding or blocking them, he took them with his body and fought back. The indomitable body and body of Imoogi made it possible.

Drop, plop—

Rumble, rumble—

Dozens of monsters began to fall down the ground.

“Hu-ah, Hu—”

Su-hyeun quickly cleaned the monsters took a small breath. People felt like the ti on the battlefield froze when they saw Su-hyeun stop about half the monsters in what seed to be an instant.

“What... the hell?”

“What just happened?”

“Look. The monsters looked frightened.”

The monsters that appeared in the green dungeons were about the sa as the boss from the orange dungeon. The B-rank awakeners could barely catch one of them. But Su-hyeun killed dozens of them in an instant. When he fought without hesitation with his sharpened sword, when his ability and magic were fully blood, people could not believe it. It more than they had imagined.

“This is Kim Su-hyeun. A new S-rank awakener.”

Kim Do-ui’s heart beat hard.

“We might able to do this.”

It was the first ti that an outbreak in a green dungeon had happened as soon as it appeared. Other S-rank awakeners were vacant for various reasons, such as conquering other dungeons or going abroad. But soone who would fill the vacancy appeared.

“It is still too soon to feel relieved.”

Su-hyeun ca down to the ground in the anti took a breath and lifted his head. From the green clouds appeared in the sky, monsters were still pouring out. And among them...

“...That one. That one is a little annoying.”

Krrrrr—

They could hear a low crying as if it rang right next to their ears.

Wooooong—

The wings of a giant monster were tearing the clouds apart.